STS- Help convince me to buy this!

mrsprincess07

mrsprincess07

Cathlete
Hello fellow Cathletes! I am looking into purchasing this set come September-ish; I need something to really motivate me through the late fall/early winter months. However being that I ADORE Cathe's Gym Styles, Muscle Max, and various strength mixes on other DVDs, I still need to be pushed into this purchase. Therefore, I am asking everyone, anyone, to list their positives with the system. Do your very best to convince me it's worth the money and time. I want this, but I am still hesitant to say it's worth the money PLUS the money for the STS Rack.

Thanks!
 
I have most of Cathe's workouts and I find STS to be the workouts that just keep giving. There is so much versatility in this set and with so many individual workouts there are endless ways to use them. So far, I've done the 6 1/2 month rotation, 3 1/2 month rotation and I'm finishing up an undulating rotation. After a few weeks off, I'll be starting a different pattern undulating rotation and I already have an idea for a third and again different undulating rotation! These are hands down my favorite Cathe workouts for lifting and I'm continually glad that I bought them!
 
Why STS is better

There our several differences between STS and the Gym Style workouts or for that matter any other workout series you could purchase.

1. A different workout every time. Not only does this help to decrease boredom, but also keeps your body constantly challenged thus maximizing muscle confusion more so than any other workout program on DVD. STS has forty strength workouts while GYM Style only has three.

2. One rep Max testing - STS is the only workout series to use one rep max testing to make sure you get maximum results by using the correct weight for almost every exercise.

3. Step by Step progression. Since the days of ancient Greece and Milo the foundation and most important principle of strength training is to continually increase your weight load lifted in small increments over time. STS is the only workout series that each week has you increase your weights in small steps. These increases may not seem like much, but after three or six months they result in some truly amazing results. With other workouts you're more likely just using the same weight every week and your results will not be as significant as a person who increases their weights almost every week.

4. Periodization - STS is not just individual workouts, but a complete workout program based on periodization. Studies have shown that people using a program based on periodization get better results than those who don't.

5. Since STS is a three or six month workout program you are less likely to quit than when you don't follow a program like STS. It's hard to explain, but people tell us they feel guilty about missing a workout or quitting. STS gives you a goal and challenges you like no other workout series.

6. Rep pattern changes. STS uses different reps throughout each of the three mesocycles. The first mesocycle focuses on muscle endurance with 15 reps. The second mesocycle is devoted towards "Hypertrophy" and uses reps in the 10-12 range. The last mesocycle works "strength" and uses reps in the 6 to 8 range. These different rep ranges help to keep you body constantly challenged in different ways and help to produce superior results than if you would have chosen to do a workout program that always uses the same reps in their workout program.

STS has been designed to mimic the same program that a world class trainer would give you if you were to hire them for a three month or six month program. Though any strength training program you do will probably produce results as long as you stick to it, few if any will produce the same results as STS. This is why many feel that STS is the best strength training program on the market today.
 
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WOW! Thanks for the long and detailed answer! Now that...is what I was looking for! Ok so STS it is! It'll be a hppey birthday for me this Fall. Thank you again for everyone's imput!
 
Great question mrsprincess07! Great answer SNM Videos!

I'll bookmark it for future inspiration!

You might want to put a sticky like this on this forum if there isn't one already!

Thanks,

Linda:)
 
You will NOT be disappointed. This is my 4th round of STS. I've lost 45 pounds since beginning STS....but I took off 6 months after surgery in June 2009.
I wake up every morning at 4:30 am just to do my STS. I'd be lost without it!!! It gives you structure, certainly a challenge and you do it at your own pace. Since my surgery there are some moves that I simply can only do with 5 pounds but it still makes a difference.
I think you will be pleased with the investment.
 
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