Kellyro77
Cathlete
I've finished another 12-week rotation - this time one that merged XTrain and STS 2.0 and I'm on my rest/recovery week.
Since I've become an OnDemand subscriber, I've been perusing all of Cathe's other workouts to see what I want to do next. I've already determined I'm going to give the intermediate ICE 4-week rotation a go this month (inserting some extra rest/recovery days since I learned I need those after my first STS 2.0 rotation.). After that, I'm going to do the 12-week STS 2.0 rotation again. And then... maybe a P30 rotation...
Anyway, while I was looking at all of Cathe's other workouts, I was also considering the original STS rotation, and was seeing that she was providing alternative lower body workouts for those who don't have squat racks. Those alternative lower body workouts are heavy on the plyometrics, as, from what I understand, she says they have to fill in as explosive strength since, without a squat rack, we're limited by how much weight we can otherwise hold and/or lift overhead to do the exercises and challenge our lower bodies effectively.
She took this same approach with lower body work in XTrain - via Cardio Leg Blast (explosive) or Legs which was just really endurance-based.
I just realized she didn't force in ANY plyo work in STS 2.0. What we could hold turned out to be enough! And as someone who really does NOT like HiiT type workouts (especially high-impact), I am so grateful. Yes, I have to "cheat" it sometimes with wrist hooks because my grip strength starts giving out, but she managed to create several solid lower body workouts that used heavy weights that we didn't have to lift overhead.
Yet another reason why I realized I enjoy STS 2.0 so much, and finally came to see why I didn't dread the lower body workouts in this series.
Since I've become an OnDemand subscriber, I've been perusing all of Cathe's other workouts to see what I want to do next. I've already determined I'm going to give the intermediate ICE 4-week rotation a go this month (inserting some extra rest/recovery days since I learned I need those after my first STS 2.0 rotation.). After that, I'm going to do the 12-week STS 2.0 rotation again. And then... maybe a P30 rotation...
Anyway, while I was looking at all of Cathe's other workouts, I was also considering the original STS rotation, and was seeing that she was providing alternative lower body workouts for those who don't have squat racks. Those alternative lower body workouts are heavy on the plyometrics, as, from what I understand, she says they have to fill in as explosive strength since, without a squat rack, we're limited by how much weight we can otherwise hold and/or lift overhead to do the exercises and challenge our lower bodies effectively.
She took this same approach with lower body work in XTrain - via Cardio Leg Blast (explosive) or Legs which was just really endurance-based.
I just realized she didn't force in ANY plyo work in STS 2.0. What we could hold turned out to be enough! And as someone who really does NOT like HiiT type workouts (especially high-impact), I am so grateful. Yes, I have to "cheat" it sometimes with wrist hooks because my grip strength starts giving out, but she managed to create several solid lower body workouts that used heavy weights that we didn't have to lift overhead.
Yet another reason why I realized I enjoy STS 2.0 so much, and finally came to see why I didn't dread the lower body workouts in this series.
