Girls Gone Strong- Modern Women's Guide to Strength Training on sale

LadyLep, I just looked more closely at the lists of substitutions and progressions. If there are chinups or lat pulldowns, you can substitute band pulldowns (which is the same sub that Cathe uses in STS). Or if your sons have a jungle gym/play structure/swingset in back, you may be able to find at appropriate bar or bars for chinups or neutral grip chinups.
I do think you can do this program with what you have -- which I wouldn't say about Nia Shanks's program (for which you really need a squat rack). If you need more ideas for substitutions, you can always email Molly directly -- she'll get back to you.
Good luck, whatever you decide.
Roz
 
desertambrosia said:
Ok everybody, I took the plunge. I figure I will just work through all these programs. This looks good, I may start it in October, or November. I usually get back into my heavy lifting late Autumn and Winter. At this rate, I'm going to be working through my lifting programs, well into my 80's. That's not a bad thing, as long as I keep lifting and trying to stay strong. I think???
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Oh no! Here I go.....like a lemming, I'll probably get it too ;)
 
I've been reading it over and while it looks good, I just don't know. $59 for workouts on paper (there is one dvd, is that instructional or what??) I think I'm intermediate, but I don't know if I can do 2 chin ups but I can do more than 5 push ups, maybe more than 15. I'm not sure what I do for squats and dead lifts, I can do Cathe's weight on just about everything, except in RWH, she uses a 40# dumbbell, I don't have that, so I do 35.

I do like what I see in the chart. It makes me think that I'm working out to much and not smart enough. And there is a money back guarantee...and will I still be motivated w/o a video??


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Lady Lep, there are also instructional videos for each move and LOTS of great info in addition to the workout program. Molly is also great about answering questions via email.
 
I subscribed to her email list (not sure where the download is that I was supposed to get when I subscribed) but I didn't buy it, but I see that the price is still the same.

It looks really interesting. I've been looking at her blog and see a lot about body image. I struggle with that big time and may do her 28 day challenge about body image.

I also like the fact that she's tall (I'm 5'9") and she's not one of those skinny short girls like others I've seen. I'm just not sure if if be motivated. And it also looks like for another $20 I would get the nutrition packet. Which is one of the main things I'd be interested in, but seems steep to me. And I'm not sure how motivated I'd be on my own. Cathe really motivates me.





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I did see the guarantee. But when I bought Insanity Max 30, I called them to return it it never did. [emoji20] I did sell it for $70 but I bought it for $137. How do you return down loads anyway?


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I wouldn't worry about getting lost in the shuffle as you did with insanity. I assume the return is just on good faith that you won't use it, since you can't really return it.
 
So you have it? What can you compare it to? And what are your fave Cathe workouts? That might help give me an idea.


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I do have it. Honestly, I can't compare it to a DVD program because it's really different. Maybe if I had to choose one -- STS Total Body? But still -- it's just so different.
That's one of my favorite Cathes but I love a wide variety of her workouts.
If you enjoy training for strength with heavy weights (using total body workouts), you'll probably enjoy the program.
Sorry I can't be more helpful -- maybe someone else can help with a comparison?
 
I also wonder... When you do this, do you do the full 16 weeks at once? I don't know if I could stick with something that long. Doing the XTrain undulating rotation took me 4 months instead of 3. Do you get bored? When I get something like that (like Insanity Max 30) I felt like I needed to do it exactly or I wouldn't feel like I did it right. I did one month and didn't see results I wanted, right shoulder started bothering me and I still don't feel like I have my strength back. I did it for the month of February.

I wonder if I could do something similar with Cathe? 3x per week of wts and 1-2 HiiT. And 2 rest days?

But I'm really thinking about this!!


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I think you can pretty much do whatever you want. You can do 2-4 workouts a week (Molly lays out different ideas for scheduling). Take a week off here and there if you like -- probably a good idea, anyways. I've been taking liberties with my programs recently -- if I don't like something I change it, without guilt or remorse. But really, it's up to you and what you think you want to do and will follow through with.
At this point in my life, it's easier to fit in paper programs. At an earlier time, I felt I needed DVDs to motivate me. At different moments in life, different things have worked best. I know that's not too helpful but -- there it is! :)
Hope you enjoy whatever you do!
 
I see the price is way up there now. I didn't get it and am a bit bummed.[emoji17] but hopefully it will going on sale again soon. I was wondering if someone could explain this to me with Cathe workouts as examples.

"As a general guideline, for women who want to look and feel their best, I recommend push/pull/lower body, upper/lower, or full-body splits as opposed to body-part splits."

I think I get the push/pull concept: push would be triceps and pull would be biceps? But it says push/pull/lower body then upper/lower and lastly full body splits. So where would burn sets or the other XTrain fit in? Would full body split be LIS trisets? And pyramid upper and lower?

I may email Molly after I read more on her website.


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I think by Push/Pull/lower body they would do something like a bench press for push, pull-up or chin for pull and then a lower body squat or deadlift variations. I think the GGS mindset is more of the compound joint exercises and less of the "vanity" work that Cathe does quite a bit of. I don't think you'd see a kickback or one arm bicep curl in these type of programs. They tend to use more of the "big moves" like deadlifts, squats, rows, overhead presses, bench, pushup, pull up, etc. Burn Set Chest, Back, STS Meso 2 and 3 (Squat rack) are probably close.
 
dmerz is right about the moves being compound- more efficient way to work. I'm just finishing another paper programme where I've done nothing but compound moves. Probably the best results I've ever had. I've looked at the ggs (yes, roz, Karen, I got it!) and the first block is total body- just 2 different workouts (shame there aren't 3). The second and third blocks then have 3 workouts which you rotate through. One push (push ups, overhead press etc) one pull (pull ups, rows etc) and one lower body. It looks good, with different moves than I'm used to, but still using the big, main moves like squat and deadlift.
 
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