The New Rules of Lifting

ShaneT99

I just wanted to share a book that has helped me tremendously in my efforts to shed the fat. It's called The New Rules of Lifting and it's written by Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove. They also have one called The New Rules of Lifting for Women. Either of these books will teach you a LOT about the importance of resistance training and muscle building for fat loss, and more importantly, how and what to do so that you feel completely confident when you walk into the gym. They offer several modular workout programs geared towards fat loss, hypertrophy and strength. You have the option of following one of the programs they have put together or mixing and matching them on your own. More importantly, they'll give you the knowledge you need to design your own workouts to help shed the fat off your body.

I have no affiliation with either of these guys. This is just a great book that has helped me a lot and that I feel is worth recommending to others.

The New Rules of Lifting:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1583332383/wwwalwyncosgr-20?creative=327641&camp=14573&link_code=as1

The New Rules of Lifting for Women:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1583332944?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwalwyncosgr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1583332944

cynthials

I agree these are both great books, my husband and I both used them when we still had our gym memberships!

ShaneT99

Bumping this for anyone who missed it yesterday.

iplayoutside19

I picked this up at the Library on the way home today. I've read the first chapter and I like what I've read so far....and I'm skeptical.

ShaneT99

If you're skeptical then you're exactly where you need to be. ; )

Read it and decide for yourself. I'll just say that it completely changed the way I worked out and I've seen great results in both fat loss and muscle development as a result.

I'm currently following their "Serious About Lifting, But Seriously Overweight" program. You'll see what I'm talking about when you get to that part of the book.

Happy reading.

abricklin

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jessmomof3

I've read the one for women. Great info! I love weights! :flowerforyou:

iplayoutside19

I think I'm in the middle of Chapter 3. I like it so far. In fact I've been reading this more than the new Brad Thor Book I picked up at the same time.

I'm glad I've had pretty much the same thought process they do....except I'll admit I was doing curls. Oh well.

ShaneT99

Curls have their place. Make no mistake about it. They're just not optimal for fat loss. The people that benefit most from curls are bodybuilders. Most everyone else will get far more benefit from compound pulling exercises than they will from curls. That doesn't mean curls are bad. It just depends on what your goals are.

I'll say this though...I've seen major improvements in my biceps and triceps and I never do isolation exercises to target them. It's all compound stuff.

iplayoutside19

Curls have their place. Make no mistake about it. They're just not optimal for fat loss. The people that benefit most from curls are bodybuilders. Most everyone else will get far more benefit from compound pulling exercises than they will from curls. That doesn't mean curls are bad. It just depends on what your goals are.

I'll say this though...I've seen major improvements in my biceps and triceps and I never do isolation exercises to target them. It's all compound stuff.

I dropped the curls, added Power Clean. Which when I was wrestling was my favorite excersise in the weight room.

I've known I needed to get more glute excersises into the routine. I've just been "lazy" about it until reading this.

vhuber

I just bought one for women off ebay and it should be here at the end of the week! I love lifting and I believe it combats age in a big way!!

iplayoutside19

I just bought one for women off ebay and it should be here at the end of the week! I love lifting and I believe it combats age in a big way!!

I found it interesting that in a stufy mentioned in the book, it says 2 months of ST can reverse 20 years of muscle atrophy.

ShaneT99

I just bought one for women off ebay and it should be here at the end of the week! I love lifting and I believe it combats age in a big way!!

Good point. This isn't necessarily proof that resistance training combats age, but one of the more impressive things I've seen in the gym was a man who'd I'd estimate to be 65 years old bench pressing 80 pound dumbbells while lying back on a swiss ball. I've seen big younger guys benching as much as 405 on the flat bench, but that old guy doing 80's on the ball left me stunned.

kdiamond

I am bumping this because I feel so strongly about this book. It really helped to change my whole body composition.

I went from deadlifting 25 measily pounds to 85 pounds now and going up every week!

I can do step ups and lunges with 15 pound dumbbells in each hand - I used to only be able to do body weight.

I can see the definition in my leg muscles, and I have NO cellulite on the back of my thighs.

I'm eating more than I ever have, and I weigh more (110 now where I used to be 105) and I still fit in the same clothes perfectly.

I look better.

Please, ladies, RUN to buy this book and try it. You will be so happy you did. I love weight lifting! It is so great.

run4yourlife

saving - thanks for the info

GorillaNJ

I know this is an old bump, but I am in my second week of the break in phase... I am looking forward to getting to the gym tonight.

2 years ago I did the TNT workout/diet plan which was made with the people who created NROL, and it was very similar... I lost about 60lbs following it, but to make a long story short.. I stopped going to the gym and gained it back plus some more.

The most discouraging thing about it right now is my stanima, even with doing only 2 sets of each exercise I am struggling with my last reps. That and Static Lunges have left me struggling to make it down a flight of stairs! LOL

qman76301

any body got a good lifting program for a man over 60

aprilshowers13

I have the book for women and I have one more week left of stage 1. Since starting their program I only lost about 1lb but I've lost inches from my body, which is great. I can't wait to see how much I've progressed toward the end of the program.

RunHardBeStrong

I have not read these books but I live by "The Female Body Breakthrough" which is written by Rachel Cosgrove< Alwyn's wife. This book has changed my life. I have lost 80 lbs and gained more muscle and confidence than I ever imagined!! Rachel and Alwyn own a gym in California and use the same techniques so I can imagine these books are right on!! Glad you dicovered them!!

sbilyeu75

I'm a fan of this book as well. I've finished Stage 1 and starting Stage 2 Monday.

becomingsara

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