To stay or not to stay...

[BreckGirl]

So... started STS (loving it already!! WOO HOO!!), but here's my dilemma:

Using my appropriate % 1RMs for shoulders is KILLING me (in a good way). But using what's listed as the weight I should use for biceps is like

...

Should I just continue as my workout cards tell me, or should I bump up the weight on the biceps a little more?

So maybe I didn't do something correctly? Or maybe I was just having a strong shoulder day when I was doing my 1RM testing...

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA!

 

[jbliff]

When you did your 1RM for biceps, did you go to failure? I am finding the target weights from the workout card is pretty dead on for me. I also noticed that with the superset approach in Meso 1, we are getting a lot of rest for each body part, so I can lift heavier than I would be able to if Cathe had all the biceps exercises grouped together, for example. If you don't feel that the weights you have is challenging enough, you should update your 1RM so the workout manager can calculate your new target weights. I know that after I worked out to disk 1, I was sore in a good way for 2 days, even though I didn't go to failure on any of the sets.

 

[BreckGirl]

Thanks for the response! During my 1RM testing I didn't always go to failure, per se - but when my form started to suffer, I stopped. I may try to 1RM my biceps again. The shoulders and chest were pretty dead on, I think - I was huffin' for those during Disc 1.

I must have done someting wrong, then. Thanks so much for the suggestion!

 

[healthy_vegan]

I had the same experience -- in general, selected weight seemed right on, but I felt that I could go higher with two the biceps exercises, and one of the shoulder exercises was too heavy.

I'm going to try retest the biceps exercises. If I get the same results (I did pretty much test to failure), I'll just bump up a pound or two and see how I feel.

 

[NinjaMom]

I just finished disc 1 and found the weight was too heavy on some shoulder exercises as well. I think all the pushups affected my shoulder strength. Most other exercises were pretty close to the target weight give or take a couple pounds. Rather than retest some 1 rep max's, I'm just going to adjust my weight as I go along using the target weight as a ballpark.

Judi

 

[seapd33]

At first I thought that I needed to redo the 1RM test, until I got to the 10th rep of 15, and was struggling. I'll leave mine the way it is. I can't wait to do more.

Suzette

 

[fit44]

Suzette,
The 10th rep was my struggle point too. Five counts seemed to take forever!!