RE: pure motivation
>You can do STS the same way you currently do any of your
>workouts. You don’t have to take a 1RM test and you don’t have
>to print a workout card or even record your results. These are
>all options that will help you get “Better” results, but are
>not required to do the STS program.
>
>Currently, when you do a workout you grab a dumbbell or load a
>barbell to what your previous lifting experience tells you
>will be doable or you simply take a wild guess. A 1RM test
>simply eliminates the need to guess or even think about what
>weight you should use.
>
>You can do STS without taking a 1RM test,like you currently do
>now with your other workouts, but research and our experience
>has shown that people will usually select a weight that is
>lighter than they should have used for an exercise. This
>means your results will not be as great as they could have
>been if you would have selected the correct weight.
>
SNM,
Thank goodness for that! I wasn't planning on using 1RM for my workouts as I think I already know what my maximum is, and far from using a lighter weight I find that I tend to pick a weight that is too heavy. This is the reason I always liked to have Cathe as a guide because it takes the hassle of having to look at a piece of print out, which what I presume you would have to do for the 1RM test - you test yourself for each body part and then print out the results to which you refer to during your exercises, is that right?
I also find it, how can I describe it, motivating when Cathe does tell you how much weight she is lifting: I feel I am making progress when I have someone to compare to, rather than just me alone. It's just something I find is good to have when you workout alone. I don't know if you can understand it, but I hope others on the forum can and will chime in. I really hope Cathe would reconsider omitting this from her future workouts.
Yen