Reviews for Body Parts in STS2.0?

Yep, totally agree.......It almost feels like a "cheat" to me......at least rowing.....and I'll take it.
It helps me too to keep up with the strokes per minute they're doing, but sometimes I need
to dial it back.....because I am pulling stronger & faster and getting higher in the SPM than
they are! :)
 
I purchased some weightlifting hooks, mine are the Rimsports brand which I purchased from Amazon Australia. I read a review by a woman that said they were a smaller fit and suitable for women or people with smaller wrists. I used them yesterday for Legs, with squats, deadlifts and static lunges and found I could use dumbbells 2kg heavier than what I normally use, and my hands weren't sore afterwards. I wasn't sure if I could use them with my powerblock dumbbells because of the design, but I can. It's a bit of a tight fit though.
 
Debinmi said:
Today was Biceps and Triceps, both using the No Repeats premix, and both with the bonuses. Xtrain's both UB sets combine Bi's & Tri's, but this combo was a bit longer. Removing the repeats made this a definite "no dread" workout for me. I liked the change of pace the band exercises produces. There was a little trial & error figuring out the best combo of bands for me for each exercise but next time it should go smoother & quicker.

I have yet to do Chest ... anyone do it yet & care to share their thoughts? :)
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It’s funny,as I just opened my workout journal to the day I did Chest!I liked it-to be honest,my least favorite excercises are usually chest and triceps but I liked this one/I don’t lift very heavy due to previous injuries and I don’t own weights as heavy as Cathe-I also don’t like using a barbell due to limited floor space-I used my 6,10,12 and 15 pound weights and my red resistance band-I use my larger stability ball as a bench rather then a step
 
aqua girl said:
I'm definitely going to use mine for Tower vertical pullups and maybe the vertical chinups
too, but I may continue to do chinups with the tubing option.......that underhand position
on the tower does feel weird to me......but better doing it in the vertical position.
Although I know it all works the same muscles, it feels like, to me, that the horizontal
position for pullups/chinups are more like "inverted" overhand/underhand rows. The
seated vertical pullups/chinups where you pull straight up feel more like the traditional
pullup/chinups to me. But...that's me. I also enjoy the hooks with my rowing
machine and will use them on straight longer rowing workouts. It took me awhile to
get the proper grip on the rowing handle before the hooks and I don't want to lose
that, so I plan to alternate with/without them. but, gee, I feel like I can pull so much
stronger with them...amazing! They seem to really help with wrist support too.
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I haven't tried mine yet. Didn't want to start with them doing a DVD so I am hoping to be able to experiment with them tomorrow and get the feel before I start using them in a workout. Thanks for the review, aqua girl!
 
Hazlady said:
I purchased some weightlifting hooks, mine are the Rimsports brand which I purchased from Amazon Australia. I read a review by a woman that said they were a smaller fit and suitable for women or people with smaller wrists. I used them yesterday for Legs, with squats, deadlifts and static lunges and found I could use dumbbells 2kg heavier than what I normally use, and my hands weren't sore afterwards. I wasn't sure if I could use them with my powerblock dumbbells because of the design, but I can. It's a bit of a tight fit though.
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AWESOME!!
 
I am two days after BP Legs and my legs are still sore. Again, not quite sure what the magic was with that workout in comparison to LB 1 and LB 2, but wow.

I did Shoulders yesterday. I think I kind of cheated myself on that one because I was pretty conservative with most of my weight selections. I've noted for the next time around I need to increase my weights. That said, my shoulders were getting kind of grumpy with me this morning while washing my hair (I remember predicting washing my hair would be difficult after the Shoulders workout!)

Today was an active recovery day, then tomorrow is Back.
 
Really enjoyed Back today. My back felt really full afterwards, and a good sore - not my usual "oh I hurt something" sore. I remember seeing all these body parts workouts and initially thinking 40-some minutes was an awful lot of time to focus on one body part, but I get it now.

I really enjoyed the pendlay rows. I did stay pretty conservative with my weight selection on them because I have lower back issues (used 20# dumbbells). But I thought these were great. I was really forced to engage my core big time to protect my back and prevent myself from tipping forward. I don't engage my core quite so much with typical bent over rows or rows where i'm at a 45-degree angle.

I appreciate her giving us a moment to catch our bearings before taking on the shrugs. My head was definitely swimming after the rows. The shrugs weren't too bad, but again, probably because I was only at 20# weights.

I don't have a fit tower or anything like that, so all with the other such exercises I utilized bands and the door anchor.

Next time I am going to see if I can go a little heavier on the pendlays/shrugs.

I didn't do the bonus so I missed those gorilla rows - those look fun, too. Next time I do this workout I'll be including the bonus.

Great workout.
 
Debinmi said:
Cathe said, I thought, to go lighter with Gorilla Rows, but I wished I hadn't
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I agree, I went lighter with these but afterwards thought I could have gone heavier. I'm doing back and biceps again today, my own shortened mix that I made in the workout manager based on the premix and substituting in some of the bonus exercises. It works out to around 25 minutes of each body part.
 
Just finished Chest, and right now my chest feels like I'm walking around like a puffed-up body builder. :p

This was definitely challenging with the right weights. I hit failure several times through. I was even yelling out final rep counts while trying to get through some of them. ("Ssssssssssiiiiiixxxx!!!!") That combo incline press to close-grip had me actually losing it and laughing my butt off by my last failed rep.

I did the bonuses, too. Again, failure on the drop sets. The flys with hip raises were intense. And that final chest press with the hips raised? I don't know HOW Cathe was able to do that with 30# weights! I barely managed it with 17.5# weights. (Maybe she was technically "fresh" when they filmed those bonus exercises...)

I am definitely going to feel this tomorrow... and probably for the next three or four days.
 
Debinmi said:
Thanks for the review ... I've been privately dreading the Chest workout ... saving it for last :rolleyes: ... I think I'll plan to go a little lighter :p
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I’m dreading triceps since that’s usually my least favorite-I hope there’s no overhead triceps extension using a band/that always feels awkward to me-either I pull my hair or I fear that I’ll rip my ear off or the band will snap in half and ricochet somewhere
 
Debinmi said:
There is ... however there are options to use dumbells or the band with a door/wall anchor. I used the wall anchor - my hair didn't get caught like it usually does with the foot on it ...

Your post made me lol :D ... it's startling when a band or tube breaks/snaps when you're using it .... In Back Parts there's the band work using the green and back bands on the top anchor while sitting on the floor to do pulls .. I'm afraid of letting go as I can't reach high enough to the lax part of the bands to prevent the snap back ... I have to scramble to my knees while holding the bands.. that's a whole other exercise:D
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I usually always use a weight instead /I once had a band snap and it was scary /I was so happy that concentration curls didn’t show up in the biceps workout because I really dislike that one too!I love Cathe’s shoulder workouts on all her DVDs and I love in this one for the Y press when she said ,”y,because I said so”!!I do the seated Y press since I don’t have the wall hooks
 
Debinmi said:
There is ... however there are options to use dumbells or the band with a door/wall anchor. I used the wall anchor - my hair didn't get caught like it usually does with the foot on it ...

Your post made me lol :D ... it's startling when a band or tube breaks/snaps when you're using it .... In Back Parts there's the band work using the green and back bands on the top anchor while sitting on the floor to do pulls .. I'm afraid of letting go as I can't reach high enough to the lax part of the bands to prevent the snap back ... I have to scramble to my knees while holding the bands.. that's a whole other exercise:D
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The one band that will never snap are the black bands that came with the Michelle Dozois peak fit set-they don’t even move-I returned my first band thinking it was defective as it was impossible to pull on but the second one was the same way-the ones she uses in the workouts must have been broken in for years since mine just wouldn’t budge
 
FlemingCol56 said:
I’m dreading triceps since that’s usually my least favorite-I hope there’s no overhead triceps extension using a band/that always feels awkward to me-either I pull my hair or I fear that I’ll rip my ear off or the band will snap in half and ricochet somewhere
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Overhead triceps extension with a band feels awkward to me too. I always substitute dumbbells.

Did my back and biceps workout yesterday and went to my normal one arm row weight for the gorilla rows which was about the right weight. Also used my weight-lifting hooks for pull ups and the pendlay rows and shrugs. They certainly helped with the shrugs and pull ups; the rows were just as tough though. With pull ups my hands usually start to hurt after about 2 or 3 and I really struggle to do 8. With the hooks I got to 6 before I started feeling any discomfort in my hands. I need to play around with the workout though, so I am doing exercises where I use the hooks back-to-back. At the moment I do pullovers on the step after pull ups and then do the rows/shrugs after that and it is a nuisance putting on and taking off the hooks.
 
Hazlady said:
I need to play around with the workout though, so I am doing exercises where I use the hooks back-to-back
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That’s what I did too….making sure I have them (vertical pull-ups/vertical chin-ups) back to back. Also had to insert rest before & after to allow time to get on & off.

I leave mine thru the buckle and put my wrist thru it that way & just tighten. Makes it a
tad easier & quicker.
 
Debinmi said:
I kind of missed not having concentration curls ... I found could go quite heavy in Meso3's - made me feel strong . .. I usually struggle with 15's .... compared to Cathe's weights, that's kinda lite .... room for improvements I guess :)
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I can only go up to 12s with concentration curls. I find I reach failure very suddenly with concentration curls. Whereas other exercises there is a buildup to failure, with these I'm going OK for several reps and then I suddenly can't complete the next rep. It's the only exercise where I experience this.

aqua girl said:
I leave mine thru the buckle and put my wrist thru it that way & just tighten. Makes it a
tad easier & quicker.
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I do that too, but I have to loosen the strap to get my hand through and occasionally it comes out of the buckle.
 
Debinmi said:
Oh my gosh, there's an older Cathe workout, a total body I think, where Cathe adds partial reps in a loooonngg concentration curls set, then adds on bonuses ... I always go to failure and have to assist with my other hand, and then Cathe starts giggling ... whoowee...it's really hard ...
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I remember that one-it was brutal-don’t remember which DVD it was on because it’s probablly in my Sons closet which has become my holding cell for my least loved DVDS now that he’s moved out of State
 
Debinmi said:
Heaven forbid they get busted out or put on parole :p

I'm thinking it may be BodyBlast's Supersets that has the killer concentration curls...:)
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I think you’re right!Think it’s that one!I used to put my least loved DVDs at back of the DVD cabinet but then I’d accidentally reach for one/like the Jari Love one that ruined my whole workout the other day
 
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