Having second thoughts.

 I'm having second thoughts on starting STS in Oct.

I've been really looking at my book that I have that came with STS and I'm pretty sure I'm not ready for it at this point.   I've just let myself go way to much to think I could do this rotation at this point in my fitness revival.  I think I'd burn myself out and I'd quit early. Esp with the first 4 weeks Meso,  It's very fast paced, with very little rest in between sets. 

So, instead, I'm going to utilize these two streaming sites, well, these three streaming sites.

This is Cathe's site where you can access pretty much every workout she's ever made, plus she puts out 1 live workout every week unless of course she's sick or injured.  And a couple hours, you can get that on demand,  She's got over 400 workouts on her demand, so I think it's worth it.

And this, which I've only used a few times since signing up.

I have a blog a few back that talks about this.

And then of course my 

I've not been using this as much as I should.  I need to get my full money's worth and then some,  Yes I've been doing a little walking on the treadmill and I use the meditation on the app  quite a bit, esp. the sleep meditation.  But I need to use more of it all.

So this week I'm going to make up a rotation that uses these.  I want to get good use of all my streaming sites, so making up a rotation that puts workouts from each site is probably the way to go.  I'll put it in my workout planner, and just do it.  

I'm also going to spend time redoing my fitness planner.  I have things I want to start tracking beyond just my workouts.  I will start tracking calories and then eventually macros and I can put my number in my planner.  I want to get back to tracking my sleep. 

So I guess I have a few things to do that will help me work toward getting fit.  Once I kind of get my planner set up, I'll snap a pic or two and post it.

Back to Cathe I go

 Yep, I'm going to start STS (again) by Cathe Friedrich in Oct.

I started it last Nov but a death in the family threw me for a loop for a while.  Oh, I could have gotten back to it after a couple weeks, but I just didn't.  My bad.

A quick recap on what STS is.

STS stands for Shock Training System.  Cathe Friendrich, a fitness instructor who has been making fitness videos for years, decades actually and she's one of my favorite instructors ever.  STS has 3 4week mesocycles, each a little different.  Meso 1 is endurance based.  Lots of reps, light weights, very little rest time.  Meso 2 is more muscle building longer rest periods, more weight and a little less reps.  And meso 3 is strength,  Long rest periods, heavy weights, and a little fewer reps.  Meso 3 is the one I really am looking forward to.  Meso 1 not so much. 

Oh and another thing about it, there is a new DVD for every workout.  40 in all cause for meso 3 she made different leg workouts.  One set for those like me, who have squat racks or ways of getting heavy weights  up for squats and another set that's plyo based, for those who don't have squat racks, or for those who prefer that style of workout.

And yes, I'm picking STS for my workout cause Cathe is filming STS 2 as we speak, or as I right.

Here's the first picture she posted from the first day of filming she was doing today.

This is from a full body workout, and she says she's got 65lbs on the bar.  I'm excided to see hip thrusts cause it really builds up the glutes. I'm wondering if this is a high reps workout cause I usually use 135lbs for this move when I'm doing 3 sets of 8-10 reps.  But if its a lot of reps, I'll need to drop weight of course.

I low key hope that around the time I'm done doing STS that STS 2 will be about ready to go, but I doubt that will happen.  But I can hope, right?

And I'll be getting back on this.  

I'd like to hit it 1-2 times a week.

Something I have been doing that is helping me out is 2-3 times a week in the morning I get on this.

Now I only do 15-20 mins, but its enough to get the blood flowing, and my step count up a nice amount.  I do think its been good for me to get up and moving in the mornings a little more.

So in Oct, I'm taking new "Before" pictures, and we'll see what STS does for me.