Cathe's STS 2.0 Active Recovery Workout

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Active Recovery is a bit breathier and can be used on recovery days when you still want to break a little extra sweat during your stretch routine. The Active Recovery workout will help your body to stretch and will relieve the stress of more intense routines, but it will also get your heart rate up for a little more of a "light workout" feel.

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[aqua girl]

I agree…interesting…I see a lot in this one that I am not going to be able to do, my wrists and knees are not going to cooperate…..but hopefully if they’re chaptered good, I will be able to put together a good little recovery!

 

[Tatoo]

Yay, I love the gorilla move! It’s included in some of my other mobility workouts…
yes, I do think this one may be a little sweaty!!

 

[cam64]

I knew this was going to be a good one. Definitely getting this, because just in that short clip, I know Cathe won't deliver a wimpy recovery workout. I have really begun to love mobility workouts. I feel great afterwards.

 

[cocoloco]

This looks fantastic. Thanks Cathe!

 

[aqua girl]

Well, I've been practicing , I surprised myself and if there aren't too many, I should be able
to handle the surrender-type movement......working on that "gorilla" one, probably have to
modify one way or the other, and I know the circle planks aren't going to go well with me,
but I suppose you can always just hold a regular plank. I don't easily give up !

 

[aqua girl]

Wondering about putting my feet on sliding discs or something.... play time .

Oohh….never thought about discs, gotta practice . I am thinking of trying gorilla side hops using a step with a riser or 2 in front to put my hands to hop over & back…wouldn’t be going so low & that might help me, at least at first, doesn’t look like this particular move will go forward, at least from clip, so step wouldn’t be in the way….like a particular instructor used to say “Modify! Modify!”

on the surrender, I think the key here for me is that you do a reverse lunge move to go down and then a foward lunge move to come up, and that really helped me. And 2 reverse lunges and 2 forward lunges might fit as well..

 

[Kellyro77]

This looks super fun. Makes me think I'll feel like a 5-year old again, romping around on the floor. I have to say those deep squats where you stay down low and move laterally from side to side really have helped me with my general squats (they're in the Mobility workout). Anyway, I love these kinds of workouts that have me getting down and up again - super important for all-around quality of life.

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Well, I've been practicing , I surprised myself and if there aren't too many, I should be able
to handle the surrender-type movement......working on that "gorilla" one, probably have to
modify one way or the other, and I know the circle planks aren't going to go well with me,
but I suppose you can always just hold a regular plank. I don't easily give up !

The name of the game is make it work for YOU! You’ll be great

Yea you! I kinda think of active recovery as a "play day" so I'll be playing around with the moves too. I'm not

This looks super fun. Makes me think I'll feel like a 5-year old again, romping around on the floor. I have to say those deep squats where you stay down low and move laterally from side to side really have helped me with my general squats (they're in the Mobility workout). Anyway, I love these kinds of workouts that have me getting down and up again - super important for all-around quality of life.

a fan of walking nor dragging planks, but if I think of it as playing, that may help me overcome my avoidance of them. Wondering about putting my feet on sliding discs or something.... play time .

great thinking

This looks super fun. Makes me think I'll feel like a 5-year old again, romping around on the floor. I have to say those deep squats where you stay down low and move laterally from side to side really have helped me with my general squats (they're in the Mobility workout). Anyway, I love these kinds of workouts that have me getting down and up again - super important for all-around quality of life.

so very true

 

[oyez3]

I'll leave this one for the younger gals. My 64 yr old knees and wrists were aching just watching this clip!

 

[aqua girl]

never thought about discs, gotta practice

Well, I practiced with discs….but I don’t think that’s gonna work for me, my feet were sliding all over the place, looked more like that Twister game I used to play when I was a
kid . I think you can go shoeless in this workout, & the discs kinda’ hurt my feet too.

The step in front works for the gorillas, but you can’t hop too far either way

 

[aqua girl]

Yeah, you probably could. I am going to keep practicing, sounds like “I’ve got time” (like Cathe says sometimes in workouts (“We‘ve got time”) . Maybe by then, I will have accomplished these…

 

[Hazlady]

Having watched the clip, I was thinking this one might get me in my wrists if there are too many moves back-to-back where the wrists are flexed. If this is the case, I will probably use the workout blender to change around exercises to give my wrists a rest. I will have to modify the gorilla move too. It's the standing up quickly that will get me, I get dizzy when I do that. I think I can do the surrenders, but they will probably be a bit wobbly.

 

[aqua girl]

Hazlady, you won’t be the only one wobbling. Yes, I hope too, that in the actual workout, maybe there are breaks on the wrists, etc…if not, yes, I will be switching things around or eliminating in the blender!

 

[vivbc]

I suspect that this will do a lot for my mobility. Can I do all the moves? Mostly, and in time, I think yes. It is very new to me, active recovery. It's less than cardio, more than stretching, and will undoubtedly get used. Really excited to see the rotations Cathe has developed. Like this series, they will be a cut (or two) above the rest. She does such incredible work. When I see how she has woven this workout into the others, I'm going to understand a lot about this series.

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

I'll leave this one for the younger gals. My 64 yr old knees and wrists were aching just watching this clip!

STS 2.0 has something for everyone You find what works for you <3

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Having watched the clip, I was thinking this one might get me in my wrists if there are too many moves back-to-back where the wrists are flexed. If this is the case, I will probably use the workout blender to change around exercises to give my wrists a rest. I will have to modify the gorilla move too. It's the standing up quickly that will get me, I get dizzy when I do that. I think I can do the surrenders, but they will probably be a bit wobbly.

So happy to see your wheels turning on ways to modify exercises to suit you best!

 

[Kellyro77]

Probably why I also love alternating sit/kick-outs, like in Super Cuts. You're doing big dynamic full-body movements while crawling around on the floor like a playing kid. I'm grateful my knees and wrists are okay with this sort of stuff!

 

[Braille]

Having watched the clip, I was thinking this one might get me in my wrists if there are too many moves back-to-back where the wrists are flexed. If this is the case, I will probably use the workout blender to change around exercises to give my wrists a rest. I will have to modify the gorilla move too. It's the standing up quickly that will get me, I get dizzy when I do that. I think I can do the surrenders, but they will probably be a bit wobbly.

I'm going to keep checking back here to see if anybody has suggestions for the wrists, because I generally grasp weights as my modification, which won't work very well for some of these moves. I thought I'd let you know what I do for standing up too quickly though. I have neurally mediated syncope, which basically means I pass out whenever my body feels it's under duress. There's meds for it, but I can't take them, because the meds caused my blood pressure to drop, which caused me to - yep, you guessed it - pass out. So, I've learned to modify my whole life in order for my body to handle temperature, elevation, etc. changes in order to keep from looking like one of those fainting goats. So, when I have to go down and then come back up, I do every other movement (only half of what Cathe and Crew do), but when I get to the standing portion, I kind of punch my arms above my head while doing a calf pump (raise up onto toes) before going back down. The 1/2 time pace gives my body time to adjust (no dizzies or passing out) while I'm rising, but the extra movement (arms and calf pump) at the top keep me from losing the cardio benefits.

 

[Braille]

Great ideas for assistance! I read an article years ago on the importance of being able to get up off the floor for healthy aging, so I've been cognizant of rising from the floor without arm assistance since. I think the surrenders will help ... maybe try it with step in front too... play time again

I read or watched something about the importance of getting to and from the floor too. So, ever since I've made sure that I incorporate a mini practice session of sitting and rising into my days. I make sure I don't use my hands to rise from a cross-legged (pretzel style) sit, which is incorporated into a lot of the stretches at the end of Cathe's workouts as well as many yoga workouts. Then, whenever I shower, I drop slowly (unassisted) to my knees (after shampooing) and rinse my hair our in that position. After rinsing out the shampoo or condition, I rise unassisted. So, even if my workout didn't give me an opportunity to practice from one position, my shower incorporates practicing it from another position. Either way, it doesn't take any extra time out of my day at all.