STS 2.0 Total Body Giant Sets

Did this fully-weighted for the first time yesterday. Really enjoyed the workout. I actually stayed a bit conservative with my weight selections this first time around and noted to go up an increment next time around. I use Select-Tech weights, so found I need to pause the workout occasionally in order to switch out my weights so I can't quite keep the same pace as the workout, but I was still breathing pretty hard throughout.

I'm seeing my grip strength needs a lot of work. o_O Was rushing to put my weights down after the last set of deadlifts. A few pauses were needed, too, just to give my forearms a stretch.
 
Did the express premix that excludes Group 3 yesterday. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to do the whole workout. Still got a great workout and love the unilateral exercises in Group 2. The unilateral overhead press and the single leg hip thrusts really showed up imbalances between my right and left sides. I kept my barbell weight light for the hip thrusts as I am not familiar with this exercise yet and I want to get my form right before increasing the weight.
 
Debinmi said:
Done & dusted! The stability ball worked well for the hip thrusts - thanks for that tip! I'll be upping my weights 10% for most exercises ... this will be trial & error to find the sweet spot weight for the next few trys.
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That's what I've been doing. Went a little lighter on the first time and increased the next time. Next for me is the Upper body/Lower body workouts. Looking forward to it! Love this series!
 
jbliff said:
I did this yesterday and really liked it. I loved the fact that all three sets are a little different and we get to work our body unilaterally in set 2. I usually don't like repeating exercises but the way Cathe structured the workout made each set fresh and different. I can definitely see myself reaching for this workout many times. I was happy the rep count was not too high so was able to lift fairly heavy.

I liked the new set too!
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I had to significantly drop my weight for the 3rd round. I think it's the fast pace because it's a weight I've used before but with longer rests between sets. Wonder if anyone experienced the same.
 
Decided to use the stability ball for this go-around with Giant Sets. It's all fun and games, but NOT during the unilateral segment! Maybe I didn't catch that somewhere, but either my balance is absolute s**t or this reaaaaaaaallly shouldn't be done unilaterally on a stability ball. Don't worry - I didn't injure myself. My core got a massive challenge, though. Next time I either need to drop my weight significantly or go back to using the edge of my couch for that portion.
 
Rosanna said:
I had to significantly drop my weight for the 3rd round. I think it's the fast pace because it's a weight I've used before but with longer rests between sets. Wonder if anyone experienced the same.
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I didn't find I needed to drop my weight on set 3 except for on the side lunges. (I was just getting flat out exhausted by that time.) This could also be because I'm still fine-tuning my weight selections. I found I should increase some of my starting weight selections even after I thought I'd made a good guess at it my first go-round.
 
For the hip thrusts, next time I'm going to use the DB. At some point, I am going to have an accident with the BB, LOL!
 
fitdeb said:
I do hip thrusts using my stability ball. Works great. Very easy to roll out, do the thrusts and then roll back up. I have been doing it this way for more than 3 years, I am using an 80# bar-bell with no problems.
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Thanks for the tips.
Will try it.
I did this workout and Jeez! I am in love lol :D
 
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