nickisteen
Cathlete
I hear you on the interest rates! Smart decision until the next bug gets in your ear!
I broke down today and bought the STS Dip/Pullup Bars
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Lady Vol Fan
Cathlete
Ashaw
A/C is NOT a luxury in Houston
Aqua girl
Sorry to hear about the crown
A/C is NOT a luxury in Houston
Aqua girl
Sorry to hear about the crown
vivbc
Cathlete
I’m very happy with my Fit Tower. Undoubtedly the bars would add something to dips, but I must admit: not my favourite move. I really love that Cathe developed a series this complete, this challenging, and it doesn’t require a new set of equipment. I’m adding wall anchors, and that’s about it. Might need heavier dumbbells along the way but … I am really impressed that I don’t need new equipment.LOL! I think it's been "settled" for some time now....it's just whenever someone brings up the subject, there
I go wanting them again......But if I wait......I forget about it again !
I feel the same....I really do like the Fit Tower too, but I don't use it as often as I should... That's downstairs and
it seems like more times than not, I do my workouts upstairs! Dips are one of my least favorites too, I do
like doing them with the tower and I'm ok with them on the step bench...but in using the blender, if I need
something "triceps" and I can find something "anything" for triceps but dips, that's what I do !
No, there are some search options, like workout series, type of workouts, but not like individual parts. For an example, if you choose to pull in Ramped Up Upper Body, when you do, it immediately shows little pictures of each chapter in order, with names of exercises & Time length of chapter below it. Then you can choose to pull like chest
press, curls, whatever into the workout you are creating…..you can click to play any chapter to see if it’s what you want, but if you decide later (even after saving it) that at one place you would rather have curls instead of, say, dips, you can delete chapters or add stuff or drag & drop chapters around, changing the order. You need to remember to
save any changes you want to keep anytime you do that.
If I don’t know a particular workout that good, I will reference my chapter lists of the workout or view the chapters in the blender. But after using blender & chapters since it came out, like 7-8 years or something like that and over 1100 blender workouts in my library, I can pretty much think of a particular exercise I like and the series it’s in & go right to it. Not bragging, it’s just a “ sad” fact
press, curls, whatever into the workout you are creating…..you can click to play any chapter to see if it’s what you want, but if you decide later (even after saving it) that at one place you would rather have curls instead of, say, dips, you can delete chapters or add stuff or drag & drop chapters around, changing the order. You need to remember to
save any changes you want to keep anytime you do that.
If I don’t know a particular workout that good, I will reference my chapter lists of the workout or view the chapters in the blender. But after using blender & chapters since it came out, like 7-8 years or something like that and over 1100 blender workouts in my library, I can pretty much think of a particular exercise I like and the series it’s in & go right to it. Not bragging, it’s just a “ sad” fact
What I mean about that is, just for an example, I couldn't tell you the date of my sister's birthday without thinking about it for a few seconds, but, if you ask which workouts have hammer clutch curls in it, right awayit’s just a “ sad” fact
I could tell you that Ice Chiseled Upper Body does that combines hammers with clutches and ends with a few
sweepers & a little external rotation out & in and Perfect 30 Upper Body has straight hammer clutch curls..&
I've looked at the chapters so much lately in the new ones, there are Kneeling hammer clutch curls as a bonus exercise in Biceps......... That's why it's a "sad" fact.....
ashaw
Cathlete
Now I'm glad I didn't buy any extra equipment for STS 2.0 or any other workouts because I'm gonna have to use my credit card because my car now needs the work and isn't able to be driven. Ugggggh. So, a week ago, I accepted that I would be driving without a/c and I wanted to take my car to the grocery store this morning because frankly, its so dang hard to back out my husband's car from the other side of the garage and I didn't have the mental focus for that this morning. So, I packed a cooler with a ice pack and bottle of water, I'm cruising with the windows down and thinking, OK, I can do this for a while, but I don't know for how long. Got my groceries and when I pulled in the garage, I noticed something on the garage floor where rear passenger wheel is and I went back to the garage with my husband, started the car and backed up so we could see what the spot was. All of a sudden, the car starts making the noise (like a loud horn) that it made when the a/c was running which means that the engine cooling fan has also crapped out too. The fun part is, the cooling fans are on one assembly, there is no aftermarket part available, only genuine Lexus and the labor is what's pricey because all this is on lockdown under the engine compartment. Last year, I saw the writing on the wall and started paying down on some of my accounts and was able to pay off a few small ones and I'm glad I did because I didn't know the interest rate storm was coming!
nickisteen
Cathlete
Thank you for the explanation. Helps!!No, there are some search options, like workout series, type of workouts, but not like individual parts. For an example, if you choose to pull in Ramped Up Upper Body, when you do, it immediately shows little pictures of each chapter in order, with names of exercises & Time length of chapter below it. Then you can choose to pull like chest
press, curls, whatever into the workout you are creating…..you can click to play any chapter to see if it’s what you want, but if you decide later (even after saving it) that at one place you would rather have curls instead of, say, dips, you can delete chapters or add stuff or drag & drop chapters around, changing the order. You need to remember to
save any changes you want to keep anytime you do that.
If I don’t know a particular workout that good, I will reference my chapter lists of the workout or view the chapters in the blender. But after using blender & chapters since it came out, like 7-8 years or something like that and over 1100 blender workouts in my library, I can pretty much think of a particular exercise I like and the series it’s in & go right to it. Not bragging, it’s just a “ sad” fact
ashaw
Cathlete
Boy, when it rains…it pours! Hopefully everything will turn out to be reasonable….
Sorry to hear! It's always such a pain ... my father would say when I got my 1st car & something went wrong ...(sarcastically of course) .... "well welcome to the pleasures of car ownership..."
thank you so much! I didn’t sleep well last night and told my husband that I’m not calling either of our repair shops til tomorrow, after a hopefully good nights sleep. I was even gonna try to rough it without a/c for as long as I could stand it, but now it’s a matter of not causing further damage. In the back of my mind I thought well, if the fans are side by side and one just went bad, wouldn’t that make the other one more likely to go out as well? Thankfully it happened after I’d gotten home and not when I was about to leave the store with a car full of groceries. I’ll have a clear head tomorrow after doing Gym Style Legs!
Sorry to hear! It's always such a pain ... my father would say when I got my 1st car & something went wrong ...(sarcastically of course) .... "well welcome to the pleasures of car ownership..."
thank you so much! I didn’t sleep well last night and told my husband that I’m not calling either of our repair shops til tomorrow, after a hopefully good nights sleep. I was even gonna try to rough it without a/c for as long as I could stand it, but now it’s a matter of not causing further damage. In the back of my mind I thought well, if the fans are side by side and one just went bad, wouldn’t that make the other one more likely to go out as well? Thankfully it happened after I’d gotten home and not when I was about to leave the store with a car full of groceries. I’ll have a clear head tomorrow after doing Gym Style Legs!
Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
Me, too!
I know I promised to come back and let y'all know how I liked the STS Bars once I got them and..... I don't like them. I LOVE them! Like the FitTower, it is such a well-thought out piece of equipment, and nice and sturdy. Easy to put together, and somewhat easy to store using the hints in Jenn's videos. It is a hardly noticeable addition to the workout room when stored that way.
It took me a while to unpack, put together and try out because I had a week of Anniversary and Food Festival debauchery, during which I got COVID, which took me out for another week. I'm fully recovered now and ready to finish my current rotation and finally start STS 2.0. I am glad I did eventually get the bars. Using them with the Boss Bands for assist is sheer genius on Cathe's part, and I really feel like there will be a noticeable benefit using them instead of the FitTower for many exercises. While I don't think they are 100% necessary, I don't think you will regret getting them for the extra range/variation that you will get when exercising.
ETA: Also, I think what Cathe is charging for them is totally reasonable. The box says "Made in China", but this is a solid, quality piece of equipment.
It took me a while to unpack, put together and try out because I had a week of Anniversary and Food Festival debauchery, during which I got COVID, which took me out for another week. I'm fully recovered now and ready to finish my current rotation and finally start STS 2.0. I am glad I did eventually get the bars. Using them with the Boss Bands for assist is sheer genius on Cathe's part, and I really feel like there will be a noticeable benefit using them instead of the FitTower for many exercises. While I don't think they are 100% necessary, I don't think you will regret getting them for the extra range/variation that you will get when exercising.
ETA: Also, I think what Cathe is charging for them is totally reasonable. The box says "Made in China", but this is a solid, quality piece of equipment.
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Lady Vol Fan
Cathlete
nickisteen
Cathlete
aquq girl, They will be back in stock at some point!!!
kristen
Cathlete
I would love to know how you did this if you are comfortable sharing. Are you just letting your grays grow in, or are you doing something different? I am ready to do this myself!
I don't mind at all. AMA.
I'm not doing anything special except letting it grow - LOL! I did buy some root cover-up which I used whenever I went out in public just so I wouldn't look like I missed a hair appointment. It's now sort of at a length (about 2 inches) that it looks at least somewhat intentional, so I am less diligent with the root cover-up. I actually don't care as much about the demarcation line as I thought I would. Does it look nice? Not gonna lie, it looks dang ugly, and it I'll probably continue to look terrible until it grows out enough that I can cut off the dyed part, or at least until the gray is the majority of my hair. But again, I oddly don't care as much as I thought I would. In fact, it's kind of fun - like a visible FU to convention and the societal demand that women try to look young forever.
A friend suggested that I try to blend it in with highlights, but I dismissed that idea right off the bat because I have black-brown hair, and to strip that much color off would just fry my hair. Another method you could try if gray-blending isn't an option is the dye strip technique. What you do there is just continue to dye a section one one side of your head that you comb over the gray parts, while the gray grows out underneath. Then when you are ready, you just flip the section over to reveal the gray side, and then grow out the dyed part. If you Google "dye strip technique", you'll find many resources on how to do this yourself at home or show your colorist at the salon. I chose not to do this because I am seriously done with all the chemicals, plus as I mentioned above, I am actually having fun with the "skunk stripe".
Whatever you decide to do, go for it! Going gray is not for everyone. IMO, you need to really want it to make it through, especially the beginning part.
nickisteen
Cathlete
yambachi, I love your attitude and willingness to just let it go. I am not there yet but close!