New Round STS to kickoff 2011 ? Who's in ?

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chammer

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Hi all - I found myself battling and finally diagnosed hypothyroid about 10 weeks into my first round of STS ... fast forward 18 months later and FINALLY back to about 95% of my normal energy and I am beyond psyched to have had the energy to workout consistently, and aggressively (like I always had previously! :p)... thank goodness for finally finding a Dr. who treats symptoms and a trainer like Cathe to return to with my restored energy! woo hoo :eek:

I am so psyched to have prepped for another round of STS... who else is feeling pumped to start the new year with STS ? or another motivating routine you'd like to share ? :D:p;)

It's amazing how much I knew I was missing my former fitness (always a 4 - 6 day/week, multiple half marathons, weight lifting enthusiast type) and I couldn't be more excited to have it back and be enjoying the challenge of programs like Cathe's :D:D:D to propel me to my best the most efficient way possible!

Brang it :eek: !!!
 
I'm also going to start STS. I bought the program and I'm waiting for equipment (tower/weighted vest) to arrive from the States so I'll be starting Jan 8th. I'll be following the STS/Shock Cardio rotation which has already been taped to my wall.

EEEEEEEEEK! I can't wait. I've read so many success stories that I'm super pumped to become one too. :D:D:D:D
 
Hi! I too am starting STS in January. I will begin on the 3rd. I got STS for Christmas and I am so psyched to finally do it. I don't have all of the Shock Cardio dvds, but I am planning on following the STS/Shock Cardio rotation, supplementing a dvd when I run into one I don't have. Maybe we should start a check in in January for STS users. What do you think?

Kristin
 
I am late to jump in to this party. I will be starting January 24th. I want to play with the new workouts for a while longer. I figure this will put me with an ending date of May 8th - Mother's Day!
 
I just started STS this week. It's my first time through. I'll be about a week ahead, but I think I can still hang with ya!
How are you dealing with the 1RM test ? I've only did enough for the first two Discs so far. I need to get a move on finishing them up! :)
 
Boling- I am halfway through the 1 RM testing. I am going through each exercise in the book. the ones with 1 or 2 stars I am skipping. My arms are sore from the testing, so I am laying off on UB this week. i am doing more cardio and lower body until next week.

JonSteph and Fit Mommy is this your first round of STS? Are you doing the 6 1/2 month or 3 1/2 month rotation?

Mom25- seems like we are both excited! Are you done with your 1 RM testing or are you in the middle too?

Kristin
 
Kristin: I tried to do STS one time before but only got through 3 weeks of Meso 1 so I'm giving it another shot. I plan on doing the 3 1/2 month rotation, thankyouverymuch! LOL I don't think I could hang with ANY rotation for 6 1/2 months! :p

Boling11: I did some 1RM testing before trying STS the first time and my weights ended up being waaaay too heavy so I will just be going with my instinct this time and keeping track of what I use.
 
I started this month and will be doing my first active recovery week next week. I was too excited to wait until January!:D:p

I am loving this program! I ended up ordering the tower and used it for the first time today. Whoa! What a difference that makes!

I'm doing the 3 1/2 month rotation but kind of wish I would've done the 6 1/2. On the other hand, I was thinking of rewarding myself with the new DVDs when I finish, then starting up again after playing around with those for awhile. :D
 
Hi Chammer, I just got the whole STS series for xmas. We have something in common already...i also have hypothyroid. I was I got on here to actually post and see if anyone has any suggestion for me. :) Soooo got any? Annnd I'm gain! :)
 
Fit_mommy said:
Kristin: I tried to do STS one time before but only got through 3 weeks of Meso 1 so I'm giving it another shot. I plan on doing the 3 1/2 month rotation, thankyouverymuch! LOL I don't think I could hang with ANY rotation for 6 1/2 months! :p

Boling11: I did some 1RM testing before trying STS the first time and my weights ended up being waaaay too heavy so I will just be going with my instinct this time and keeping track of what I use.
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I hear you about sticking to a rotation for 6 1/2 months. I've never done an official rotation. When I got 4 DS last summer I did my own rotation with that, but I made it up as I went along, always including hte 4 workouts in the week. it will be interesting to see if I can follow someone else's rotation for this long. I am so excited and motivated though. I am currently at my goal weight, and don't want to lose anymore, just tone up more so I am hoping this will do just that for me.

Kristin
 
jewels5 said:
I started this month and will be doing my first active recovery week next week. I was too excited to wait until January!:D:p

I am loving this program! I ended up ordering the tower and used it for the first time today. Whoa! What a difference that makes!

I'm doing the 3 1/2 month rotation but kind of wish I would've done the 6 1/2. On the other hand, I was thinking of rewarding myself with the new DVDs when I finish, then starting up again after playing around with those for awhile. :D
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So what did you think of the first Mesocycle? What are you doing during your active recovery week? did you do all the 1 RM testing?

Kristin
 
jistbrenda said:
Hi Chammer, I just got the whole STS series for xmas. We have something in common already...i also have hypothyroid. I was I got on here to actually post and see if anyone has any suggestion for me. :) Soooo got any? Annnd I'm gain! :)
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Hi jistbrenda, I don't know much about hypothyroid, so I cannot igve any suggestions. Are you planning on starting STS soon?

Kristin
 
jnka825 said:
I hear you about sticking to a rotation for 6 1/2 months. I've never done an official rotation. When I got 4 DS last summer I did my own rotation with that, but I made it up as I went along, always including hte 4 workouts in the week. it will be interesting to see if I can follow someone else's rotation for this long. I am so excited and motivated though. I am currently at my goal weight, and don't want to lose anymore, just tone up more so I am hoping this will do just that for me.

Kristin
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I'm not good with other's people's rotations either. I've finished P90X once, Insanity once, Cathe's Dec 10 rotation just now and MAYBE 3 other rotations of hers and/or fitnessfreak's TOPS since I started doing Cathe's work outs in December of 2004. That's 7 years...not a very good track record for completed rotations, huh? :p
 
Kristin - This is going to be my 5th time, and I am going to do the 3-1/2 month rotation. I got the tower for Christmas this year, so this will be the first time that I will be doing pull-ups instead of pull-downs. For cardio, I am also going to use Shock Cardio and probably throw Intensity in there too.

The one thing that I really need to work on is diet. I have high cholesterol. I tried to change my eating habits with little success. It's so hard to break old habits. Anyway, I am going to work on improving my diet this time and try to make some life-long changes.
 
So... being a little overexcited I decided to start the 3 1/2 month rotation this week even though I've been finishing up the 4 & 5 star 1RM at the same time :eek: (though on alternate days to the actual STS workouts)... doesn't feel like it's compromised the actual workouts too much and the first week has more instruction/pauses than future workouts if memory serves.

Also, so far I'm finding the 1RM to be pretty accurate and while I considered myself in tune with my strength/capabilities, I've definitely found a few exercises where I would have chosen too light a weight by a good margin, so the 1RM were a worthwhile effort.

For anyone else interested in more hypothyroid stuff, I'm going to start another thread in open discussion on this topic :p as I've definitely learned a lot along the way and I'm sure there are others who have insight/pointers as well!
 
I'm a lurker here in the forums. But I identify with so many things said in this thread that I had to post. I have made it through the entire STS (weight) program once but have started it many times. In the past, I've had a very hard time getting past meso1. I don't know what it is about the endurance phase but it just doesn't keep my excitement up. I really wanted to start again in January and get through it again because I had really good results with it the first time. I found the STS undulating rotation and decided that may help keep my interest up. It doesn't start with disc 1 and all those pushups:)
I'm also not doing the 1RM calculations this time around. Especially for meso1, I found the calculated weights to be way too heavy. They start out ok but towards the end of the set I usually can't finish because they're too heavy. I've lost a lot of strength from not working out most of this year and feel like I'm starting over. I still have my numbers from the last time I did 1RMs and will try for those weights but may not make it. I'll be listening to my body and see where it takes me.
I would love to get in on an STS check-in even if I may not be doing the exact same disc as everyone else. I will be starting Jan 2 and doing the STS cardio rotation as well.
Aimee
 
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