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For more information on STS see STS Overview and Prep. This trio of workouts introduces us to Double Wave Loads. I think I like Mesocycle 2 the best so far. Lots of new and interesting ways to challenge your muscles are introduced with each set of upper body workouts. Not only do you keep lifting … Continue reading STS Weeks 14 & 15 (Disks 19, 20 & 21)
Ultimate Cardio Body by Bob Harper is another intense metabolic weight training workout. Bob does make an effort to hit every muscle group so it can also be viewed as a full body cardio + strength workout. What can I say about this workout except it is another super tough Bob Harper torture session. He … Continue reading Bob Harper’s Ultimate Cardio Body
Bob Harper has created 12 workouts to accompany his Skinny Rules plan. They are all short workouts, all clocking in at under 20 minutes (not including the warm up; if the warm up is done with the workouts you can tack on 11 minutes, which puts most of them at or over 20 minutes and … Continue reading Bob Harper’s Skinny Rules Workouts
For more information on the STS program see STS Overview and Prep. These are the second trio of workouts in Mesocycle #2. There are some changes in these workouts and they are quite challenging. The first is that you increase your weights to 75% of your 1RM. The second is a concept called “back off … Continue reading STS Weeks 12 & 13 (Workouts 16, 17 & 18)
ACE HIIT Series workouts are led by Chris Freytag. I have a few workouts by Chris and I really like them but I never do them anymore. They are more intermediate workouts and, well, I am an advanced exerciser now. However, when I was a more intermediate exerciser, I found them to be solid workouts. … Continue reading ACE HIIT Series
Bob Harper’s Total Body Transformation is a cardio + strength workout. It is primarily metabolic weight training but it gives your shoulders and your lower body some serious work. This DVD contains two workouts. The full 60 minute workout and a short 14 minute workout. Both are brutal. The problem, however, is that Bob continuously … Continue reading Total Body Transformation
For more information on the STS program see STS Overview and Prep. I have now entered Mesocycle #2—hypertrophy. And it is clearly a different animal from the outset. First, Mesocycle #1 was endurance and focused on circuit training with brief rests between exercises—you alternated between muscle groups and kept moving constantly. In Mesocycle #2 … Continue reading STS Weeks 10 & 11 (Workouts 13, 14 & 15)
"Bob's Workout" is part of Bob Harper's Inside Out Method workouts and to take it a step further, according to Bob, these are the workouts he does when he works out. I am assuming that they were the workouts that he did in 2010--but now, he is a crossfit junkie and he probably does much … Continue reading Bob’s Workout
Cardio Strength Remix is the latest brand of torture offered by Michelle Dozois. She has also come out with another Peak 10 cardio workout--Cardio Interval Burn Remix--which will be reviewed here soon. Michelle creates some very tough, very effective workouts. Of them all, the Cardio Strength workouts are the most brutal. They are a combination … Continue reading Peak 10 Cardio Strength Remix
For more information on the STS program see STS Overview and Prep. Wow! I have never strength trained like this before. STS was definitely money well spent. Well worth every cent for the program and for equipment needed to do it properly. It is also well worth the time I had to put in for … Continue reading STS Weeks 7, 8 & 9 (Workouts 10. 11 & 12)