Hi all,
I'm getting ready to start STS for the first time, and considering I bought it on presale, I would say it's about time! I attempted to start a couple of times in the past, what, two, three years, and I just couldn't get past week 2 of meso 1... I was overweight and hesitant about working out with weights instead of cardio, and used that as an excuse and never got to it.
Now that I had my baby, I got back into my ideal weight thanks to breastfeeding. But since we just started using formula and breastfeeding has come to an end (and with it, the magic of eating anything I wanted, and still loosing weight without exercising), I gotta get to work. And I believe STS is the way to go.
But since I've heard some people complaining about actually gaining weight with STS, or looking too bulky, I was wondering... and this is the thesis of my post:
Would sticking to lower-than-suggested-by-1RM weight help me get not bulky yet defined muscles? Or would I be just wasting my time exercising with too little weight and missing the big picture?
Since I haven't exercised for real in the past year and a half, I doubt I would be able to lift as much as I would have 3 years ago anyways, but I'm wondering if I should take it light the first round (I'm planning to do the 3.5 month rotation), and probably then do a second rotation with higher weight. Or maybe I should just give it my all the first time and do it with honest, challenging, heavier 1RM-suggested weight.
What do you think?
I'm getting ready to start STS for the first time, and considering I bought it on presale, I would say it's about time! I attempted to start a couple of times in the past, what, two, three years, and I just couldn't get past week 2 of meso 1... I was overweight and hesitant about working out with weights instead of cardio, and used that as an excuse and never got to it.
Now that I had my baby, I got back into my ideal weight thanks to breastfeeding. But since we just started using formula and breastfeeding has come to an end (and with it, the magic of eating anything I wanted, and still loosing weight without exercising), I gotta get to work. And I believe STS is the way to go.
But since I've heard some people complaining about actually gaining weight with STS, or looking too bulky, I was wondering... and this is the thesis of my post:
Would sticking to lower-than-suggested-by-1RM weight help me get not bulky yet defined muscles? Or would I be just wasting my time exercising with too little weight and missing the big picture?
Since I haven't exercised for real in the past year and a half, I doubt I would be able to lift as much as I would have 3 years ago anyways, but I'm wondering if I should take it light the first round (I'm planning to do the 3.5 month rotation), and probably then do a second rotation with higher weight. Or maybe I should just give it my all the first time and do it with honest, challenging, heavier 1RM-suggested weight.
What do you think?