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Way behind most of you, but today I did Disc 16, and was surprised how effective the "back off" sets were. At first, I was thinking "reduce by 40%"? And the first few reps are just so light, but boy did they add up quickly. Very interesting, and fun to change things up.

Tomorrow is my last disc of Meso 1, and then I am in the active recovery week. I have never done STS before, so please forgive me for asking a question that I am sure has been asked many times before: what do people do during active recovery weeks? Is it mainly cardio? If cardio, is it low...

Well, I'm just a tiny bit ahead of you guys, even though I am not checking in daily. But I do find the comments here encouraging, and motivating! I did Disk 7 this morning and found it quite challenging. Cathe does the bicep curls with a 40-pound barbell! I am using 25. Wow.

I logged in to this thread today specifically to see if I am the only one who finds all the pushups challenging. And I am doing ALL of them on my knees! There are so many pushups on the chest days. I'm hanging in there with my best effort, but it is a LOT of pushups. Oops...I meant to say I am...

I enjoy learning new choreography, and usually put on a new step routine after I've already completed a workout so that I can just focus on the foot patterns and rewind at will. Surprisingly, my husband recently heard a study about keeping the mind engaged during workouts, and he came in the...

I usually do ab routines based on how much available time I have (which mainly depends on how early I get up!). After disc 1, I did the first ab workout from Core Max. The next day, I ran 4 miles on the treadmill and did the boxing abs from LITE. Today I did disc 2, but decided to give my abs a...

Hi Everyone! I started the 3-month rotation for the first time ever on 12/26, and just did my second workout today. I have been hearing about STS since I first discovered Cathe in 2012, but never felt ambitious enough to try it. Now I am looking forward to a new challenge, and plan to run on...

Thanks! I will check it out now. It is going to be fun, and nice to have some company on this new journey.

I get it, but keep on going! I feel the same when I get on the treadmill. I used to start it at 7.5 for the warm up, the bumped it up to 7.6 after 6 minutes, then went up from there. Now, I start it at 6.0 and most of the time I stay right there. (I used to feel sorry for people who had that...

I have been hearing about STS since discovering Cathe in 2012, but only just recently purchased it in a Deal of the Day special. I did my very first STS workout this morning, and looking forward to the journey. My plan is to use the alternate days for cardio on the treadmill mainly, and perhaps...

Can I have multiple new favorite moves? Because I just did PHA 3 this morning, and I really liked the Squat Crossover Lunge move.

I liked both of these too! Although I find the step behind step-ball-change more challenging. We just need to keep at it.

I also did Imax 4 today for the first time (after doing the combo only premix yesterday), and it was very fun! I didn't find it overwhelming, but I was certainly happy to have the cooldown at the end to get my breath back. I will return to this one often.

I did Imax 4 this morning and didn't have any problem with the music at all. I especially liked the cooldown music. I recall on the LIS Total Body Trisets that I didn't enjoy the music at all initially, but as continued to do the workouts, they just became part of the experience.

I think in general, the step choreography I found most challenging was in 4 Day Split. It took me forever to get that hitch kick combo! And that part where she says "I know you have your back to me..." always cheers me up, because I know she understands it can be tricky! I love step workouts...

I really enjoyed Step Sync. Like you, I started with the Intermediate Bonus, then put on Step Sync and did the first two combos (then I had to go to work). Today I did the entire Step Sync and while I had some miscues, I had a decently respectable outcome. Then, because my family was still...

Gosh darn it! And the timing...dang. I recently injured a rib and had to take 3 weeks off, and it was so frustrating but it would have been much worse if I had brand new Cathe step workouts burning a hole in my pocket. But you will heal, and the workouts will be there once you are well!

Straighten up and fly right! :)

The first time I did Party Rockin' Step 1, I ended up with almost 11k steps on my Fitbit! I had to keep rewinding and playing it again. But now, it is my go-to step DVD when I am sore and want to just have a fun workout. I love when Jai starts clapping at the end, because that is how I always...

This is the one that I am most interested in! I can't wait to be confused but challenged, because I love the sense of accomplishment when it all clicks!!