New Rules of Lifting for Life. Familar with this one?

wolfgate

From the NROL people, but supposedly for "men and women who want to ace their mid-life exams".

Anybody know how comparable this is to NROL? I (just) got the NROL book, but saw this existed also. As a 51 year old who is primarily a runner but has done strength training as cross training for years, I'm wondering which is really the best fit for me.

At my age, and the fact I still race competitively, I'm more concerned with lifting for purposes of delaying aging than anything. So it's for health more than appearance. Don't want to compromise my racing either, as I am very competitive in my age group and want to keep doing that.

Beeps2011

I completed NROL4Life. After I completed NROL4Women. I really enjoyed the NROL4Life style of work-outs....also, "Supercharged", same author(s), is laid out like NROL4Life.

Don't shortchange yourself on "age" - you can get into heavy lifting and change your body shape, for sure. Calorie-deficit, in any event, will be what will permit you to lose bodyfat.

Let me know what you think of NROL4Life!

BinaryPulsar

I liked The New Rules of Lifting for Life Better. I think both books are good, though (as well as the others).

It was a flexible plan that teaches form, progression, how to build your own workout plan. It was a great way for me to fit weight lifting into my dance schedule, and to work with improving my past injuries. I do Strong Curves now and love that. It's very similiar, even more comprehensive, is more along the lines of what I was looking for personally, and it's an incredibly flexible plan with lots of room for progression. NROLF-Life and Strong Curves have been my favorite fitness books so far. Hip Thrusts are fantastic and allow me to really target my glutes with heavy weights and no stress on my knees at all (so just adding those in is something I often suggest).

When I was doing NROLFW my injuries were in a bad place and I was in physiotherapy. My physiotherapy plan and the book were always bumping heads and I was in a lot of knee pain. When I started the Life book, I could use the book along with my physiotherapy. My injuries improved significantly and I got stronger.

As far as the New Rules Books go, I'd go with the newer books: So either the Life book or the Supercharged book.

wolfgate

Thanks. So both center around heavy lifting? (That would be good).

BinaryPulsar

Yes, all of the books are heavy lifting books.

The Life book and the Supercharged book are the newest books, with the most updated info and accurate pictures (for example in the women's book they include a photograph of a woman using the wrong form for an exercise). The Supercharged book is really just a revised addition of the original New Rules of Lifting book. It's the exact same book, with some new info and a new title.

The Life book (and I think the Supercharged book) are designed so that you can use them for a long time because you can continue to design your own workout programs based on the info you learn from the book about how to set up a balanced and effective and well rounded lifting program.

The Life book includes tests to see where your ability level is and if you have form issues. And they include info about proper form and all the basic exercises, and components of a lifting program and why those components are important to include. They include progression, so that if someone needed a modification at first, they could do that. But, they progress all the way to advanced heavy lifting. And you can start at the advanced level. You just start where you are (and that can vary per exercise). But, if you are already an advanced heavy lifter and you know everything you need to about form and building a program, the book may not be needed. All of the New Rules books are for people that are new to heavy lifting.

I mentioned the Strong Curves book which is directed at women, but it is all the same components of a male workout (there is really no such thing as female and male heavy lifting). The author is a male and it's his own program. He has a website, so if you wanted to check it out, you can. bretcontreras.com. He is also an author on a lot of fitness sites, including Tnation. He is top of his field and everything he does is evidence based and fully tested in the correct scientific manner, repeatedly. It's also heavy lifting. People can do hip thrusts with more than 2.5 times their body weight.

I checked out and read all of the New Rules books from the library before deciding which one I liked best and wanted to purchase. I personally chose the Life book. I was a beginner to heavy lifting (although I am a professional dancer and have always strength trained with weights and intensive body weight exercises). And I have a long history of injuries (from car accidents and structural issues that I was born with and had while growing).

wolfgate

BinaryPulsar - that is great detail and information. Thank you very much!!

kathleennf

Yeah thanks for the info and the post! I am just finishing up NROLFW and was trying to decide which to look at next. There are no libraries where I live so I pretty much have to just buy it and get it shipped...

BinaryPulsar

You're welcome