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Hello I did stage 5a-third wo today. Any advice about bench press? It is my worst lift and I somehow went backwards on it this stage.
I couldn't fit in the body weight matrix this am too much rest in between sets. I will finish them this evening.
Happy and healthy new year to everyone!0 -
YEah SUe, New YEars is NOT a day to be in Times Square. Leave it for the tourists. I'd rather go during Christmas or on a hot Summer night. The energy is ALWAYS there.
Hope you are home snug and warm Beeps. We got a dusting here today as well.
PM, sometimes you just have days where you have to back off the weight. You'll get it back next time. I have trouble moving up those weights too. It's that one lift where I need a spot and I prefer not to have to ask and just keep it low.
I didn't make it to the gym today. hubby finished his vacation challenge and got home after the gym closed early today. They close early tomorrow too. Screw it, I'm on vacation. I think my goal for 2014 will be hitting a 200lb Squat and DL. First goal for Jan will be 140lbs0 -
Sue, I can't imagine living that close to all the hubbub this time of year! Must be exciting!
Beeps, I hope you got to go early. It's been a colder than usual winter for us- can't imagine what it's like up there!
Pm, I think most women struggle with the upper body exercises. I am just now at 35lb dumbbells for 6 reps. Just keep at it- make sure your form is good. Don't worry about increasing it as much as making sure it's serving it's purpose (working those shoulders, arms, chest, back.
Sam, those sound like great goals. Have you considered switching to a program that is specifically strength-oriented like the one Sue is doing? If you want PRs, I'm reading that there are some better programs other than NROL. I I like that all the NROL programs rotate through rep ranges, but I think you might have great results with other programs too.
I won't be staying up to ring in the New Year. Had a very busy day at work and I'm on call until 11 tonight. Tomorrow I will do DLs(my favorite!). Hopefully I can do 2 or 3 sets of 165lbs.
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Happy New Year! I'm off to lift....
Samntha, I agree with CCG (my 2014 acronym for the "chubby cowgirl" misnomer....), there are better lifting programs out there if hitting high PR's is your aim.
Go get it, ladies!
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Wow, it's quiet here today!
Got my lifting done. I did 1 set with 155lbs X 6 and 2 sets of 165lbs X 6. That's 15lbs more than my body weight- yay!
Tomorrow I will take end of month pics and measurements. I only lost 1 lb in December, so I don't expect to see much change.
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finally getting a tiny bit of definition in my arms.0 -
Awesome! I had an off day today but ate like a workout day....yesterday it was waaaay over. Oops.
Lim planning on lifting tomorrow morning and then getting some stuff fine before the snow really flies. Instead of running on Friday I'll be shoveling and snowshoeing!0 -
Happy New Years everyone, I'm not new to MFP but I'm new around this group. I just started stage 1 this afternoon. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's results in the months to come!0
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Happy New Year everyone!!!
Finally finished Stage 2 yesterday after 2 weeks break in the middle for Christmas!!! Stage 3 starts tomorrow!!!
I really hated workout 1 of Stage 2 so I'm glad that's over!!! I'm also really happy to see that there are no lunges or step ups in Stage 3
I think I'm going to enjoy it.
I'm not going to bother giving starting/finishing weights of Stage 2 - I made next to no progress - the break in the middle really set me back!!!!0 -
Happy 2014!!
Welcome to the group Ptery!
Lawlorka, Stage 2 is done already? Good for you!!! Do not worry about the break that may have set you back, you will bounce back in no time!!
I begin Stage 2 come Monday...I will go to the gym today for a prep session, check my form, what weights/machines to work with and do a dry run.0 -
Happy 2014!!
Welcome to the group Ptery!
Lawlorka, Stage 2 is done already? Good for you!!! Do not worry about the break that may have set you back, you will bounce back in no time!!
I begin Stage 2 come Monday...I will go to the gym today for a prep session, check my form, what weights/machines to work with and do a dry run.
The rest of the stages are so quick compared to stage 1!!! Its really good, you don't really get a chance to get bored of a routine. Only 4 A workouts and 4 B workouts, and then its onto the next stage. I lift 3 times a week so only took me 2.5 weeks to get through the stage (with a week break in the middle so 3.5 weeks in total)0 -
Yay for "definition", CCG!!
sleepyjen....snowshoeing is pretty fun....
lawlorka - step-ups are still one of my LEAST favourite exercises!
No lifting today. But, yep for tomorrow!0 -
A8 today! It went well but I'll reiterate the loathing of stepups.0
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Need to go to the gym today. Took about 1.5 weeks off (travel and weird gym hours) and have gained some Christmas weight. Dreading the "New Years Resolution" crowd. Anyone experienced it yet being January 2?0
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terrie - there wasn't that many peeps in my gym yesterday....so, I don't know, yet. But, I *do* know that when I hit my cardio class on saturday morning, it will be a NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION GONG SHOW.
Ugh. 6 weeks of trying to locate "parking space", a "bench", and a spot to call my own.
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Happy New Year everyone! I was asleep by 11:30 and spent all day yesterday on the road headed out here to Ohio. We had about a foot of snow overnight so today Cody, my 10yo grandson and I shoveled snow for about 90 minutes. We make a great team. Came in and he made me a peppermint mocha latte. Last night we hung out with Mike's nephew and his family - eating at Famous Dave's and gabbing for hours. Love those kind of meals. I finally finished all the wrapping (it always seem to take forever!)
I too hate step-ups but I still do them! They really work my quads a.nd that's what counts! Sam, I love 5/3/1 but StrongLifts 5x5 is another great program too! I am gymless for the rest of the week but I see Scott has his DBs out so I can do some SLDLs and goblet squats and pushups etc.
I think of all the NROL4W Stages I liked 3/5 the best.
Ok, off to hang out with my grandson.0 -
Bikini Competitor Chick at the Gym and I were talking about the New Years crowd yesterday. I seriously hope they all stay, but I know they won't. Yesterday was really busy for my gym.
Jen and Lawlorka, I hate lunges and step-ups too. I mean, I feel like they're more a cardio/quad exercise. I don't get much out of them. I like to do other things for my glutes and hamstrings as doing squats tends to hit my quads enough.
End of month measurements and pics are done. Nothing too major to report. Although I only lost 1.4 lbs this month, I'm down a little in the hips, down .5 inches in the "mom pooch", waist is the same (it's holding steady at 28", dang it!), down a little in the calves, but I lost .8" in my chest- where I DIDN'T need to lose. I'm hoping the chest loss in from fat around my back and not from the boobs, LOL!
The frustrating thing is that according to the BF% calculators, I've lost 3+ lbs of lean mass with my most recent 10lbs loss. I realize that it's only a very broad estimation, but I've been maintaining all my lean mass up to this point (according to the calculator). My guess is that maybe as I get leaner, the numbers are becoming more accurate and I was losing mass (or maintaining the lower number) during my weight loss. To lose an entire 3lbs of lean mass in 10lbs doesn't sit well with me.0 -
Chubby that is a bummer! Are you estimating bf by measurements?
Sue it sounds like you are having a nice holiday
Beeps and others more experienced than I how did you decide what to do after New Rules? Supercharged seems obvious but Id like to look into a few others I need to follow something
I did stage 5 7A
Looking forward to stage 6!0 -
Oh my gym hasn't been busy but I go very early0
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Pm, yes I'm just using the calculator that uses measurements. Up until now, my weight loss corresponded with BF% loss and with very little lean mass loss according to the calculator. But not recently.
I decided to do Supercharged because it's more well rounded than the other "strength" programs. There some type of HIIT with every workout. Since I am still in "fat loss" mode, I wanted a program that I could do 3X week, get some good calorie burns along with strength, but not have to do separate cardio to stay in shape. If I were in maintenance mode, I would be doing a more Strength-based program like the 5/3/1 or the All Pro workouts(http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/12707-all-pro-s-beginner-intermediate-lifting-routines). Eventually I will do Strong Curves- probably with a bulk next Fall. I think Strong Curves is a great routine if you want to maintain weight or bulk while changing your overall shape. It's written for women who want to build their booty and curves.
I'm sure others will have great advice. I'm still trying to decide what my next step will be.0 -
Pmagnan - I think you should go for "supercharged"....the methodology in there makes a TON of sense!! (It was too much "D-I-Y" for me, so it sits on the shelf....but, if you can organize your work-outs, it'll be a GREAT lifting work-out!).
CCG - I purchased "Strong Curves", too....but it is TOO HEAVY to drag around and I'm TOO LAZY to photocopy the pieces that I really need. But, I incorporate MUCH of the "strong curves" moves into my current work-out....0 -
Happy New Year everyone. I'm here but I'm sick so not been doing anything :-(
I knew the stress and losing weight etc would come and bite me and it has. Been ill over Christmas, my birthday and NY and it still hasn't let up. On 4th lot of antibiotics.... my immune system is at rock bottom. So fed up. Just wanting to be back to normal and having fun with my kids these hols and starting afresh with lifting. Sulk. Today I am going to invest in berries and all kinds of 'immune boosting' foods..... hopefully will be back soon xxxxxx0 -
Jo - hope you feel better soon. It is especially hard being sick over holidays
I absolutly hate step ups, and second is the lunges. I thought anything involving legs would be my downfall but I love doing the squats with a bar. I know I am only 75% through Stage 1 but am feeling my pants getting tighter, kinda the opposite effect I wanted being pear shape.0 -
I am soooooooo sore today! Not "pain" sore, but I'm definitely feeling it. Someone please tell me that my body will get used to this as the weeks progress!! :P0
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I don't do step-ups - I'm quad-dominant already. Don't need MORE quad-work!
I don't do most lunges, either....although I do curtsy lunges because my glutes seem to FIRE with that particular lunge-style.
I've given up bulgarian split squats, but may give them a whirl, again (I read that the placement of the front foot - closer or further from the bench - can change glute activation).
I can do wide-legged squats to engage glutes - otherwise, it's all quads.
I have a sh*tty body for most squats - very long-legged and very short-torsoed. But, that also means I can deadlift like a CHAMP!0 -
Just realised their are in fact lunges in Stage 3 - I had overlooked the Body Weight Matrix....... Doing my first Stage 3 Workout A this evening...... Hoping I still enjoy it!!!!!
I have pretty good quads - I can feel the muscle in them... I'd skip lunges and step ups but I don't want to deviate from the programme as its written. I think when it comes to designing my own programme after NROLFW I might avoid these exercises!!!!!
Oh also - what weight did people start YTWL with? It says low weights, but I'm not sure how low to go - I used 4kg Dumbbells for the Cuban Snatch?0 -
You miss one day lol. I love seeing how active everyone is and hearing about your goals. Thanks for the advice ladies. I want to got to Supercharged actually so I can be Cowgirl when I grow up (especially now that the book is finally available in paperback). I entered a raffle to work with a PT. He was my friends coach when she did fitness. FIngers crossed. I think I'm at a point where I need a coach. I've pretty much have gone as far as I can on my own. HOwever, CCG, I will look at those programs you mentioned. Sue busts out those PRs like it's nobody's business. Not crowded at the gym...yet. We are under a foot of snow so nobody is going to the gym right now. Glad I got to zumba last night.0
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lawlorka - I did NROL4W as written, too....deviation from program is NOT my strong-suit!
samntha - can't wait to hear about your "supercharged" PROGRESS!! BOOM!
Today, I lift! Actually, I'm doing a BOSU + weights workout that I pulled from an old issue of "Oxygen". Am meeting a gf to work-out....this RARELY happens, so we're gonna try something new to both of us!0 -
Lawlorka, I didn't deviate from NROL4W either. It's written that way for a reason. Now that I am semi-designing my own workouts in Supercharged, I avoid lunges and step-ups and do more split squats and (assisted) pistol squats. I started with 2.5lb weights for the YTWL. I think I worked up to 7.5 eventually. But you don't want to go heavy at all for those. Focus on FORM- I learned that the hard way
Jo, feel better! What a bummer to be sick through the holidays. Hope you can get back to "normal" soon!
PT, you will find that the soreness eases as you get a few workouts into each stage. But at the beginning of each stage....ouch!
Sam, I'm flattered. But I would LOVE to be as lean as you. You would kill Supercharged, but I think having a PT would be AWESOME! A person to keep you motivated and check form would be so productive. I hope you win it!
Beeps, that sounds FUN! I love taking a break from the norm.
Probably won't lift today- got a sick little one. Hoping I can at least keep moving. It was cold and windy yesterday, so I was stuck in the house with my feverish 2-year-old trying to find things to do.0 -
At the risk of sounding silly, what's ytwl?
I'm totally sore from pushing it yesterday. So pt , for me that never really ends, but varies in intensity.0 -
google "ytwl exercise"
click on "images" tab
There's some drawings that show the 4-arm placements.
In NROL4W, you do it while front facing on an inclined bench, with dumbbells in hand.0
