New to STS

[Debinmi]

I detest barre, so probably won't go for the LIS workout - but I did go ahead and buy all the Fit Tower series

I never cared much for barre until I injured my knee and was limited in what I could do for LB. So barre, some floorwork & pilates to the rescue. I can't say I love it but I now like it and can definitely say it has its pluses especially for somewhat neglected smaller glute muscles. It has its place in my rotations now.

music just wasn't very appealing to me. Happy to see that they did a fantastic job of making a vocals-only sound experience for the series, though. I even spent time setting up a playlist with music I know I'll enjoy.

I enjoy making my own playlists. Often use them for spin. I dont for walks - i often listen to audio books then. 1st time I did STS, I did it early in the AM so I hooked Bluetooth earphones up - it was kind of cool to have Cathe's voice right in my ear throughout the workout.

I think you'll enjoy your purchases. Since dvds are going out, I'd rather have them with the premixes than have to buy a download later at higher prices and no chaptering or premixes.

 

[Kellyro77]

Since dvds are going out, I'd rather have them with the premixes than have to buy a download later at higher prices and no chaptering or premixes.

Agree - also, I've not really tried it, but I doubt downloads have the special audio options. Grr, so bummed DVDs going away. I know OnDemand "solves" all of those, but I'm still not keen on subbing to streaming and dealing with random lag or drops right in the middle of my workouts.

 

[Debinmi]

. I know OnDemand "solves" all of those, but I'm still not keen on subbing to streaming and dealing with random lag or drops right in the middle of my workouts.

That would be irritating. I don't like commercials in YouTube workouts neither. My issue with On-Demand is I have 99.9% of all Cathe's dvds so it feels like it would be redundant at this time. LIVE might be an option, but we're not there yet. I am interested to see how new content will be rolled out.

 

[FitSaxe]

iscovered there's really no way around it - I really need something like the FitTower in order to do barbell bench presses. Tried with no success to heft a barbell from the floor across my torso to do some 1RM testing of an incline bench press yesterday. Just was not going to happen unless I wanted to really risk injuring myself. Might have been a little more possible if I were lying flat.

For Barbell chest press, there is indeed to way around it. You are right. Especially going all the way from meso 1 to meso 3.

Should you go ahead and purchase the tower you have recently shared, you could use it for more than Barbell chest press.

The list of what you could do can get long. Now if you are a barre queen you could have fun with it! One could use it to improve balance by improving side kick and static chamber kick. There is a way to make the most of this piece of equipment.

• Hip thrust, racking and un-racking the barbell
• Glute bridges.
• Deadlift --- targetting the back mainly.
• Barbell Rows.
• Pull ups --- Variations.
• Stretches.

Dip is also another exercice to add to the list.

 

[Kellyro77]

So an update from my message to CS about the User's Guide not being included. They told me that I was supposed to order them as a "bundle". Well, there wasn't a "bundle" option on the site when I ordered all three Mesocycles.

I sat on their email for a while, weighing if I wanted to put any more energy into it.

Decided the least I can do is ask, so I messaged them this morning telling them there was no "bundle" option on the site when I ordered the series, so asking if they could make an exception.

We'll see.

I mean, if they're completely out of Meso 1 right now, that means no one would be getting the hard copy users guide, and maybe they've now got a big stack of them sitting there going nowhere because there's no bundle option.

 

[Debinmi]

I mean, if they're completely out of Meso 1 right now, that means no one would be getting the hard copy users guide, and maybe they've now got a big stack of them sitting there going nowhere because there's no bundle option.

I'm glad you appealed. I think it would be correct of SNM to provide the User Guide to anyone who purchased the full set, whether as a bundle or by phases, especially since it's still in stock. Of course my opinion means nothing to SNM, but I think it'd be fair for them to provide it since you purchased all at the same time. I did not purchase Xtrain as a set, but eventually acquired them all. I had to pay extra for the User Guide and I was reluctant to do so but acknowledged it was included as a perk for buying the entire set at once. Which is what you did - all at once as how they now sold it.

 

[FitSaxe]

So an update from my message to CS about the User's Guide not being included. They told me that I was supposed to order them as a "bundle". Well, there wasn't a "bundle" option on the site when I ordered all three Mesocycles.

I sat on their email for a while, weighing if I wanted to put any more energy into it.

Decided the least I can do is ask, so I messaged them this morning telling them there was no "bundle" option on the site when I ordered the series, so asking if they could make an exception.

We'll see.

I mean, if they're completely out of Meso 1 right now, that means no one would be getting the hard copy users guide, and maybe they've now got a big stack of them sitting there going nowhere because there's no bundle option.

Sorry to hear you could not get the hard copy. I think if you ask CS would instead suggest the ebook.

I would be very surprised if there was any stack of hard copy "getting nowhere".

Bundle, pack of 3 meso being out of stock, no one is entitled to a free user guide. That is the initial term and condition. Hard copies are just no longer part of the stock.

IMHO what happened is the stock inventory. Bundles were out of stock therefore did not appear in the cart.
Hope you get at least an ebook.