Reviews for Body Parts in STS2.0?

Debinmi said:
I found myself envying those of you with " On Demand" and the ability to make your own premixes.
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Oh, come on....:) sign up :) You'll be hooked, I can almost guarantee it :):).

For example: if I didn't already have enough blender workouts before STS 2 came out.....the number
was 1122 workouts before STS 2. Right now, the number is 1284 !! That's 162 workouts I have
blended with STS 2 incorporated one way or the other...or strictly STS 2. That's kinda' sad, ain't it :) !
Granted, I have alot of add-on workouts, express workouts, etc.

So, like the hamburger place says (Burger King?) Have it your Way !!! :):)
 
aqua girl said:
For example: if I didn't already have enough blender workouts before STS 2 came out.....the number
was 1122 workouts before STS 2. Right now, the number is 1284 !! That's 162 workouts I have
blended with STS 2 incorporated one way or the other...or strictly STS 2. That's kinda' sad, ain't it :) !
Granted, I have alot of add-on workouts, express workouts, etc.
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Wow! That's a lot of blending. :) I have 66 blended workouts in total and 14 of those are from STS 2.0. Mostly it is to shorten the length of the workout by eliminating some exercises but sometimes it is just adding an extra break. Like between the chair and mat yoga I added a 15s break to allow me to get my chair out the way and get my mat out.
 
Hazlady said:
That's a lot of blending. :)
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Yes, it most definitely is!! I've had the blender since day 1, like back in 2013 or 2014, not sure, but some
time around those years.......most of mine are in the 20 to 40-ish minute range, but I actually do have some
45 min. to an hour. but those are few & far between. The more different chapters from different series'
I can put together, the better I like it.....after all these years, I pretty much can blend one very quickly,
cause I can go to what I want quickly and whip them up fast! At this point, my blender operates on
high speed ! :) I actually have some where I pick a warmup only that I like and that's it. Alot of YT
workouts I do, have no warmups to speak of, so I will do my Cathe warmup, then switch to the other
workout I want to do.....or if I do cardio, say a treadmill or elliptical workout, then afterwards, I will
switch to my blender workouts and do a specific add-on, like kickbox, body part weights, etc. My
add-ons do not have a warmup, but I do end them with a stretch. So much fun!
 
Debinmi said:
Whoa, how do you keep track of them all?
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2 notebooks….each workout title & equipment I need, Time etc….

Debinmi said:
So you could create a workout with a warm-up from STS2, an ICE Muscle Meltdown or 2 or 3, then a extended stretch from say PHA3? Or a segment from X10 combined with a segment from Intensity? What's the transition like?
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Yep, as long as it is a chapter, you can put anything with anything…it just goes to the next chapter you put in…..transitions are what they are…if you’re going to an entirely
different workout it has to switch, but I don’t have any lag…and I have slower Internet.
 
As a matter of fact, I am getting ready to blend a barbell only workout using STS 2 as
much as I can, but will be pulling chapters from STS 1, RWH, Gym Style workouts,
STS Total Body, High Reps, etc.
 
aqua girl said:
2 notebooks….each workout title & equipment I need, Time etc….
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I think I will need a notebook too soon. Even with 66 I'm already finding it difficult to keep track of them all.

Debinmi said:
What's the transition like?
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I get a slight pause between chapters as it switches. I hardly notice it now and even less so when transitioning from a chapter to a break. The blender allows you to insert breaks between chapters which is useful as you can insert a water break or time to change equipment. There is a selection of break times available between 5 seconds and 180 seconds. This also helps with the workout time as the total time with all the inserted breaks is shown and eliminates the need to pause the workout.
 
aqua girl said:
Oh, come on....:) sign up :) You'll be hooked, I can almost guarantee it :):).

For example: if I didn't already have enough blender workouts before STS 2 came out.....the number
was 1122 workouts before STS 2. Right now, the number is 1284 !! That's 162 workouts I have
blended with STS 2 incorporated one way or the other...or strictly STS 2. That's kinda' sad, ain't it :) !
Granted, I have alot of add-on workouts, express workouts, etc.

So, like the hamburger place says (Burger King?) Have it your Way !!! :):)
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I’ve got that little commercial jingle stuck in my head from Burger King:

“At BK have it your way. You rule!”
 
Well, I revisited Giant Sets yesterday and will be moving on to the individual body parts this week. I was able to increase my weights on 9 of the 10 bilateral exercises and 5 of the 10 unilateral exercises, although I think I could have gone heavier on a couple more of the unilateral ones. And this was without using weightlifting hooks, so my grip strength has improved too. The biggest weight increase is with the barbell hip thrusts. Now that I've figured out what I'm doing I've been able to increase my weight by 6-7 kg (~13-15lbs).
 
I am coming down the home stretch of the 12-week rotation. Again, it's taken me more than 12 weeks since I had a couple of active recovery weeks fall in the middle of the rotation. Basically one more week to go after Wednesday. For the remaining workouts, I'll be tagging on the bonus portions for all of them instead of alternating the bonuses. I like that the bonuses aren't a major time commitment. So they don't add to much extra time to the existing workouts.

After that, I have a wonky little rotation I made up to get me through up to my next active recovery week, including a de-load week. Then it'll be a custom 4-week rotation primarily with STS 2 and then the XTrain/STS 2 rotation in the users guide, which will officially take me all the way through to just about the end of the year.

I've really been enjoying STS 2 in its whole. There's enough rest/recovery days built in that I don't feel like I'm getting overworked, and therefore burnt out. Although this week I'm feeling a bit on the irritable side, which can usually lead to my making decisions to skip workouts. But I'll commit to doing the workout that's listed on my calendar for the day!
 
I'm on my first week of full body parts workouts and so far I've done Chest, Back, and Shoulders. I like the workouts and I really like it that Cathe shows so many options because my old timey STS Turbo Tower has really come in handy for some of the options, as well as variations on using the tubing because I don't have the multilevel wall anchors. However, I'm not able to do the Legs workout because Saturday while out walking Luca, I was crossing the street and going back on the sidewalk and my foot slipped and I sprained my ankle. I think its due to the extreme heat we've had here. Tuesday was the first day of August that wasn't 100+ degrees. Today is forecast for 106 or 107. It was like the pavement just disintegrated under my foot. Thankfully, I'm better now. I spent all day Sunday icing it and my husband took me to the store to get a ankle support brace, which was a godsend. It helped stabilize it. Its still tender, bruised and slightly swollen, but I'm back to walking around the block with Luca. The beauty of my Cathe DVD collection is that Wednesday I did To The Mat: Legs & Glutes and got a great lower body workout without having to be on my feet with weights. And because I'm doing a body part per day, I had no cardio lined up either, which was good because I'm not close to being ready for cardio either. I think it might be a few weeks before I'm able to do the body part Legs workout. Which by that time, I might be done with the body parts phase altogether. I might end up doing a week of P.volve as active recovery when I'm done with the parts phase and I'm actually thinking about jumping back into another STS 2.0 rotation, but maybe a shorter one because I still have a lot of other Cathe favorites that I want to do. This injury is nothing like last September when my dog and my neighbor's dog both plowed into my lower leg and I rolled my foot and ankle. It was a few weeks before I was even able to walk Luca around the block after that one. So, all in all, I'm grateful.
 
aqua girl said:
Oh no! Ouch….take care…..glad it’s feeling a little better.
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Awwww thank you so much!! I’m thankful that I can walk and still lift for upper body. And To The Mat really worked my lower half and I felt no ankle discomfort. All in all, I’m fortunate that I didn’t need to visit the clinic for X-rays or a walking boot.
 
Kellyro77 said:
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.
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I had to come back to this after getting back into some STS 2 body parts workouts following the LMR/STS 2 rotation Cathe shared a while ago.

First time hitting BP Chest in quite some time, and it was as tough as ever. Because it's been a while, I dropped down to my original lightest marked weights to start. Half way through the workout, my pecs were quivering and I had to stop one rep short in many of the exercises.

This series is just so damn good.

Thank you, Cathe and crew for making STS 2.0 happen.
 
Kellyro77 said:
I had to come back to this after getting back into some STS 2 body parts workouts following the LMR/STS 2 rotation Cathe shared a while ago.

First time hitting BP Chest in quite some time, and it was as tough as ever. Because it's been a while, I dropped down to my original lightest marked weights to start. Half way through the workout, my pecs were quivering and I had to stop one rep short in many of the exercises.

This series is just so damn good.

Thank you, Cathe and crew for making STS 2.0 happen.
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Thank you for retrieving this thread. Will read through comments before starting body parts in about two weeks.
 
Kellyro77 said:
I had to come back to this after getting back into some STS 2 body parts workouts following the LMR/STS 2 rotation Cathe shared a while ago.

First time hitting BP Chest in quite some time, and it was as tough as ever. Because it's been a while, I dropped down to my original lightest marked weights to start. Half way through the workout, my pecs were quivering and I had to stop one rep short in many of the exercises.

This series is just so damn good.

Thank you, Cathe and crew for making STS 2.0 happen.
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Same here. I know for sure it is going to be tough for me.

Chest is not the easiest muscle group to train for me:(:confused:.
For myself it is not easy because I should not think too much of my past shoulder injury.
I do definetely feel the chest DOMS later on during the day and 24 hours later.
I need to improve on that.
 
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jillybean said:
Like making a timesaver mix in workout blender incorporating some of the bonus body parts chapters and using them as an updated CTX or 4 Day Split.
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Yep CTX and 4DS are old but goodie body part series.
We shall not forget those for variety sake.
 
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