Hi Cathe,
I did STS Disc 1 with you and started it today. Wow! It definitely is a butt kicker. I'm glad that I've been doing 4DS heavy weight segments and all of Gymstyles, and Pure Strength to get me stronger so I could do this. I've told you before I have MS. Thanks to your DVD's I've regained strength in both my upper and lower body, which is awesome.
I really was so excited to get STS and I'm so glad I made the investment in my health and continued mobility to get it.
Ok, I have to confess my upperbody isn't nearly as strong as yours. I have trouble doing more than maybe five pushups from my toes on a good day.
I usually do them with bent knees. Oh man were there alot of pushups today or what? Phew! Those were killer. I kept telling myself this is like spinach its good for you, so just do it, so I did- some of them I did have to modify cause there were a lot of variations on pushups. I do have to say that I did like the staggered pushups, never saw those before. I really felt those in my arms more so than the others. I did find that even with my 1RM being on the STS card I did have to go down on the weights for Lateral raises. I'm just not as strong in the upperbody, but STS is going to help me change that.
Preacher curls on the stability ball are always a challenge. They sneak up on you making you think after the first few reps its easy then as you go on your thinking oh no make it stop. LOL!! I found the core pushups bootcamp style were really tough on me and I felt those in the triceps. I have tendonitis in one of my elbows and those really hurt with that.
One thing I wanted to say is that this workout was fun and I appreciated with the intensity of it that we did only 1 set of everything, thank goodness!
This workout did move rather quickly and almost felt like circuit style workout minus the cardio. Its good that way because you get us to get in and hit it hard and move on quickly to the next thing before we can really think about how hard it was. LOL!! I guess that's what the T in STS stands for Tough love.
I have done a couple of the Ab circuits workouts so far and I love those. I'm sort of an Ab obsessed. I'm desperate to achieve great looking abs after having two kids and two C-sections I just know there's got to be hope outside of an expensive plastic surgeon.
My kids are 14 and 12 now so I can't say that its from just having a baby. LOL!! I was a bit of a glutton for a tough workout today so I did some Treadmill Cardio walking and jogging, sprinting intervals- 2.55 miles worth, then I did STS disc 1 with you, and then STS Ab Circuit- No equipment abs, it was awesome!! There's one thing I can say you can never go wrong with a great workout with Cathe and it will be for real tough but fun workout. You always have perfect form as does your crew and there is always a sense of fun while doing the workout. In my teens and early twenties I hated working out and avoided it. In my late twenties on up I've worked out because I wanted to look better. Now, in my early forties I workout to feel great and keep up my mobility, and fitness. I do still want to lose weight and get a lean cut figure too, but its just not the first thing I focus on in my fitness priorities list. I'm trying to eat cleaner and substitute good healthy things for the bad or illegal stuff. So, that's a good positive step forward.
I really love STS so far and I am excited with the prospects on making big changes that will come from doing the STS work. It will be challenging but fun journey that we are making with you and its going to be great! Thank you for making STS, it rocks and so do you Cathe!
Next mountain for us climb STS week 1 Disc 2 and may the force be with us!
Hugs!
Nora
