BelovedHeather
Cathlete
I had a rest day at home thanks to a stomach bug, so I took a long nap and made the most of the day off work by previewing Mesocycle 2. The first mesocycle (endurance) has relatively fast paced workouts with the fun factor of Supersets. This second mesocycle (hypertrophy) is slower and more serious weight training with rest breaks of a minute or longer between sets. The first mesocycle appears to be good for fat burning. This is the muscle building month of the journey! I am craving protein just watching it! LOL! The music is just as inspiring. I am cleaning and organizing my workout room and toys as I preview! Cathe shares an abundance of form pointers, encouragement, and affirmation. I believe these workouts will require more mental focus than the endurance workouts. Cathe is just as warm and friendly, and I am ready to embrace the challenge when that day arrives! These workouts seem to be more about working to failure at your own pace instead of keeping up with Cathe and crew. Cathe encourages everyone to go at their own pace because "this is your workout, this is our workout, we're in this together!" She is so cute when she hits failure before everyone else on one of the exercises and says she feels like she should get back down and do more! LOL!
The first mesocycle will likely be more fun for me because I like the faster pace of endurance workouts and love the way Cathe alternates between muscle groups to keep it moving! While that is more my style of training, the workouts in Mesocycle 2 are more motivating to me. With the longer rest breaks, Cathe has more time to talk. This is not a time of idle chatter. She makes the most of every minute and shares helpful information and words of affirmation and encouragement. Cathe is as fun as ever. She bubbles over with joy and enthusiasm and sprinkles the Catheisms we know and love throughout the workouts!
During this second mesocycle, Cathe totally fries one muscle group before hitting the next one. Warm bubble bath with epsom salt here I come!
I love the way Cathe demonstrates a variety of options for exercises such as pull-ups during the rest breaks. I am happy to see that Cedie will be using the tubing with me during the pull-ups! All in all, STS is an exceptionally well produced series. It is easy to see that countless hours of thought, planning, sweat, and tears went into this. Of all the DVDs I have previewed so far, I cannot think of one thing I could suggest to improve them. Did I mention that the music and production quality are stellar?! I never imagined that I would be this excited about workout DVDs (especially a serious weight training rotation with no new cardio workouts in the mix)!
Blessings,
Heather B.
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV).
The first mesocycle will likely be more fun for me because I like the faster pace of endurance workouts and love the way Cathe alternates between muscle groups to keep it moving! While that is more my style of training, the workouts in Mesocycle 2 are more motivating to me. With the longer rest breaks, Cathe has more time to talk. This is not a time of idle chatter. She makes the most of every minute and shares helpful information and words of affirmation and encouragement. Cathe is as fun as ever. She bubbles over with joy and enthusiasm and sprinkles the Catheisms we know and love throughout the workouts!
During this second mesocycle, Cathe totally fries one muscle group before hitting the next one. Warm bubble bath with epsom salt here I come!
I love the way Cathe demonstrates a variety of options for exercises such as pull-ups during the rest breaks. I am happy to see that Cedie will be using the tubing with me during the pull-ups! All in all, STS is an exceptionally well produced series. It is easy to see that countless hours of thought, planning, sweat, and tears went into this. Of all the DVDs I have previewed so far, I cannot think of one thing I could suggest to improve them. Did I mention that the music and production quality are stellar?! I never imagined that I would be this excited about workout DVDs (especially a serious weight training rotation with no new cardio workouts in the mix)!
Blessings,
Heather B.
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV).
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