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Originally Posted by Jane P.
Cathe considers push-ups to be an endurance exercise. She does them in warm-ups, she does variations that make them harder etc. and she does lots of them.
However I think, for most women, they are a strength exercise, and require you to start with a lower rep count and work up (and also to do a modified style if necessary). STS is built on the model of starting with high reps and working down in number as you increase the weight. For body weight exercises, that approach doesn't really fit.
If I were to do STS again, I think I'd do it pyramid style. Starting with meso 3 and much lighter weights, then increasing the reps until I got to meso1, then going back to mesos 2 & 3 with much heavier weights.
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I also like starting with Meso #2, then to Meso #1 and finally Meso#3. Sometimes I'll do 2 weeks of each just as a nice primer.