Shoulders,Biceps,Triceps

Just finished a very slow but fun STS Meso 3 Strength week 1 shoulders biceps triceps. It works in giant sets with lots of rest. Be prepared to pamper and spend some spa time lifting heavy weights for only 8 reps. Very heavy if its only 8 reps.

1st giant set which has 4 giant sets of 8 reps. Shoulder press(15lbs), bicep curl(20 lb + added my 2lb weighted gloves which were too heavy ), double arm french press lying down(15 db)

2nd giant set side delt raise(10lbs), double arm bicep curl(I used 20 lbs) 1 arm french press(15lb)

3rd giant set rear delt(15 to heavy 12 lb okk), concentration curl(15...could use 2lb weighted glove next time)....1 arm horizonal crossbody laying kickback(12...could use 2lb weight glove)
loves of 1 minute rests.
some cheezy comments but can't remember like seeing the .....meatballs popping out of the muscle...lots of Cedie close ups drinking ,stretching,drying off, listening, smiling. Some comments: "are you wet yet? need the towel?" stuff like that.
she wore red and the other gals wore blueish...denise was cheezy pointing to her biceps and saying "right there and right there" and flexing for the camera hamming it up for the camera. There was alot of Dizzie and lots of facial close ups. Lots of close ups of Rob stretching ,writing ,blowing his eraser twice and talking to cedie and swinging his popeye muscles.he must be a gymnast because how can he stretch those huse muscles?????
I wished they showed what weight they were lifting!

liked this because Cedie is in it. and I sweated soooo much. I never sweated this much.

I'm done with week 1 for meso 2 strength STS!!!!

I have been very grumpy after heavy lifting and tired.
I like the giant set. I like the format. similar to joyce vedral but with no pyramid system, and alot more resting. but its like a pamper weight workout where you spend alot of time on yourself and take care of yourself. and believe me, the rests were needed in this workout!!! I was sweating and breathing heavy I burned 453 calories. I am really thirsty now so I will go and have a chocolate milk OR coconut milk..I need to have a recovery drink of something.
my back was feeling sore so I stretched it alot. I just like this workout! but the music was awful...use my own music next time and hopefully it will work with the counting.


More info on this workout...
Uses the same music for all 4 dvds
For the 2nd week, its basically the same film footage as the 1st dvd but they either cut the 8th rep out to make it 7 reps. Or Cathe filmed her just doing a rep and saying "7". They repeated Cathe's "seven" last rep alot. It started to get old. Also, there was a booboo mistake in one of the rear delt last 7th rep, they used footage of the side delt raise..it wasn't that big of a deal and didn't notice this until I previewed the DVD and watched in through in its entirety.
There is new footage and lingo in the 3rd week with 6 reps. yay! More talking about the 6th rep and going heavy. The music is the same though.
In the 4th week, its the same film as week 1. there is no talk about being the last week of Meso 3 except for the blurb at the beginning and ending of the dvd. The only difference is there is 85% of 1 reps max in week 4 but in week 1, it says 80% of 1 rep max.

Week 1 is 80% of 1 rep max and do 8 reps
Week 2 85% of 1 rep max and do 7 reps
Week 3 90% of 1 rep max and do 6 reps
Week 4 85% of 1 rep max and do 8 reps

working in giant sets or tri sets...first shoulders, then biceps, then triceps. Rest 1minute then repeat 2 more times. Same exercises. Lots of closeups of Cedie.
overhead press, bicep curl and tricep press laying on bench
side delt raise, bicep curl on incline using stability ball, 1 arm French press
rear delt, concentration curl, lying crossbody kickback

Instructor Comments:
Cathe had excellent form tips and lots of downtime resting with Cathe and the crew..ewe(speaking of the huge muscle guys in the back). I just wished Cathe would tell what weights she was using. She seemed to be lifting heavier then the guys in the back. There isn't much direction on what stretches to do. You can copy Cathe or Robeye(popey)which shows alot of variation of balistic stretches and static stretches. Or you can do some yoga stretches that Denise does or just fling your arms around like Denise does. Deazie shows good stretches. Cathe's makeup is perfect, very natural and she looks just gorgeous. She is so natural and relaxed in the camera. She makes nice comments as if you are right there with her. Cedie is having a bad hair day which isn't usual because her hair looks fab most of the time. There is lots of closeups of Cathe and Cedie so its like more personal in the workout.

Mandy Lee