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That sounds fantastic, Kit. I have been rehabbing from a shoulder injury (suffered while Olympic lifting) and I've designed a GST rehabilitation program that involves a lot of straight armed strength work using shoulder depression, elevation, protraction, and retraction. It seems to be working quite well so far but I would love some more resources for bulletproofing my shoulders (which are regularly an issue for me due to some old injuries). I'm very much looking forward to this one. I was also wondering if you or Liv were planning on a bridge follow along class like you have for the pike and pancake. I would love to see that!

Out of curiosity, are there any plans to have follow along classes for Mastering the Squat, Mastering Shoulder Flexibility, and Mastering the Bridge?

If it hasn't been said before (on my phone and haven't read the thread), a follow along class with solo poses for the other three mastery series modules would be great. I would love to see a mastering the squat, mastering shoulder flexibility, and mastering the bridge follow along classes to compliment the the pike and pancake classes.

How much weight did you use?

FYI, apparently whatever issues going on at Vimeo that didn't recognize that I had purchased MTP were resolved; I was able to download the SLDP without being asked to pay $2 for it.

I also got an alert from Vimeo via e-mail and when I log in, Vimeo wants to charge me $2.00 for "4. E2 Single Leg Dog Pose (SLDP)," despite the fact that I purchased the entire series.

I think you are confusing Coach Bob Takano with Olympic Weightlifting legend, Tommy Kono

FYI, I just tagged Coach Takano and Takano Athletics in the ST FaceBook post about MTS. If you are unaware of who Coach Bob Takano is, do a quick Google search on him. He is in the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame and just opened a new weightlifting gym this past week. Kit, if you have a chance, you should meet up with coach Takano when you are out in Glendale in September.

Well, I had my second day of Olympic weightlifting training under coach Bob Takano, and he had me do a series of exercises that exposed even more issues, in particular my ankles/calves and HF. Looks like I am going to be starting the program in earnest (I bought it on the day of release) tomorrow. I mentioned the program to coach Takano and he seemed a bit interested in it as a resource. Who knows this might open up a new market here in the states among the weightlifting crowd!

Just downloaded it. Cannot wait to watch later!

I'm even more excited for this program after my Olympic weightlifting training session yesterday. I have started training under American weightlifting coach Bob Takano at his new weightlifting gym. Yesterday was my first day and I will be training under coach Takano 2-3 days per week (in addition to squatting on my own 3x per week and doing GST 3x per week on my own). He didn't coach me so much yesterday as run me through a series of exercises to assess where my strengths and weaknesses were. One of my main issues according to coach Takano is hamstring flexibility, and secondarily HF & and calf. The more flexible I get in these areas the more upright my back will be in the bottom of the squat, the more weight I can support overhead in the snatch. Coach Takano had me get into a standing straddle position with just a barbell (and no additional weight) on my back and perform good mornings with locked legs, and a neutral spine. I didn't get close to parallel and could feel an intense stretch in my hamstrings, so I know damn well that I've got some work to do to get more flexibility. Mastering the squat sounds like just the ticket. I hope this will also help my progress in the GB program as well (in particular with things like ABH and straddle-ups right now). One can only imagine how this extra mobility will help me when I eventually get back into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (after a long lay-off). Hell, I pretty much gave up on Muay Thai several years ago due to lack of mobility for kicking (I went back to what I could do... good old fashioned boxing). Maybe a after I get the mobility I need, I'll give that another go too!

Great news! I have my $5 just burning a hole in my pocket!

Hi all. A few days ago I found a free video of a class taught be Olivia in which she conducted a 20+ minute gymnastic strength training circuit. I remembered thinking it looked cool and I wanted to try it out, but now, of course, I cannot find the thread in which that video was located. It seemed like a pretty core-intensive circuit using 5 sets of 20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest for each of the exercises in the sequence. I was hoping someone might know the video I am talking about, because it looked like a heck of a good core workout and I wanted to give it a go. Thanks!

As a quick update, after hitting my daily 8 today (the daily 5 plus shoulder dislocates, a TFL stretch, and a calf/ankle stretch), I hit a single set of two very easy reps at my previous 1 rep max in both the Olympic Squat and push press this AM. Going for maxes on Friday!

I am quite the opposite in this regard. I need to follow a program, either my own, or one of someone else's making (that I will sometimes alter for my purposes). I do allow myself some variety and "play" within the context of a program, but I tend to stick strictly to programs. Every person has to find what works for him or her. A more regimented approach works for me. It allows me to have certain targets to shoot for by certain times.