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Early Labor Day wishes to everyone--I won't be around much until after the weekend. See you then (I'll be starting S6 on Labor Day itself, woo hoo!)0
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Hi all, I'm nursing a pulled muscle in my back so not very happy or mobile - am walking (carefully) each night though so I dont seize up.
Ironically didn't do it exercising but while drying off my car after washing it. Damned sore! Am taking lots of Panadol and using an anti-imflammatory gel. I sooo want to do a lifting session or even have a run but suspect that would be downright silly, not to mention painful.
Ah well, will have to wait it out. Might do some arm work though while lying on the bench, so my(lower) back doesn't have any pressure on it.0 -
JoJo, I hope you recover quickly...that's no fun at all.
Okay, one last thing before I go away for the long weekend... Got my NROL4Abs book yesterday, and skimmed most of it last night. My first thought is that the principles/philosphy makes a lot of sense and that the mobility work alone would be great for me (I've lost a ton of flexibility in my hips since starting NR). Second thought, it looks hard as hell, and all the balance/TRX-thingy positions look miserable. Still...I think I'll give it a go after I'm finished with NR. The simplicity of a 5x5 or 3x5 program is really appealing, but I have a feeling something like the Abs program would be more effective for me since I'm not really looking for massive muscle growth or strength gains but tightness and flexibility. Looking forward to peeking over your shoulder Beeps (and JNH? I can't remember who else started this week) as you get going.0 -
Yes, happy Labour Day to all! My kids start school the day after....
Jojo, sorry about the injury - but I like your idea of trying to stabilize your back while performing other exercises. It might be worth using some "weight machines" which can also help you even do lower-body work while stabilizing your back.
dande - I'm not even going to TRY the TRX-thingy, even though my gym is set up with it. I just think there's PLENTY of other "alternatives", in the book....I don't have to KILL myself doing this program - I have to KILL the work-out, itself!
I have a mediation, at lunch, so won't get my work-out in, as planned, at that time. I'm hoping I can sneak out of the office after the mediation is over and give the Phase One B-work-out a try. Jessica, how did you find it?0 -
jojo, feel better.
jesz, I think we all felt a little intimidated the first time we used the rack, now I want to use it for everything lol. I am the only woman in my gym on the thing. Even the ripped women I see from time to time don't really use the rack, though everybody uses the dumbbells.
Doing 6B4 tonight...if my husband ever gets home at a reasonable hour. Cyclocross practice starts tonight, sigh. My last stage 6 workout will be on Labor day. Then I'm taking the first week back to school off. I'll just have WAY to much work today. Them I will bang out stage 7 so I can join the ladies in NROL4abs.0 -
Hi ladies.
I finally made it back to the gym and got properly started. I do have quite a few questions now though. I posted in the Stage 1 thread but had no replies yet. I understand of course that it is a lot I have asked but I am wondering if it would be ok to post it again here to get your input on it?
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Daisy, I added my responses to you on the Stage 1 thread. My experiences and interpretations only, I would love to see what others had to say too!
Well, I didn't workout last night. I got home and found hubby had his woodshop all torn up and encroaching on my lifting area. He was rearranging, and although I could have insisted he move the stuff, I opted for peace and harmony and said I'd do it this morning. Hah... well I snoozed a few too many times and didn't leave myself enough time to do a good workout. I will tonight!
I love hearing about the Abs workouts and your take on them! I'm no where near making any decisions about what's next and keeping my focus on the here and now! Still I like knowing what's available etc.
Jo, I hope you heal quickly! I think your idea of keeping mobile while keeping your back stabilized sounds good but you know I'm not a doc or a trainer and actually not at all experienced enough to offer advice. How ironic that it was just a car wash that hurt you!
Dandelion, I notice that my knees are creaky and less flexible since doing the program. I warm up well before I actually start lifting because of that.
Hope you all have a great day.0 -
Daisy, I added my responses to you on the Stage 1 thread. My experiences and interpretations only, I would love to see what others had to say too!
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Hi ladies
As you might know I am about to join another gym and I just looked at the classes that they offer. One is Feldenkrais I have read good things about it but would love to here any personal experiences. I have read someone that one of the authors of NROL used it too and spoke highly of it.
And the other one is aqua fitness. I have done over 10 years ago and I really enjoyed it. I was wondering if it would be ok to do on the days in between the lifting? I know you're meant to rest the muscles but I thought it is not that intense. What do you think?
What kind of exercises if any do you do on the non lifting days...particularly in stage 1?0 -
Daisy, I walk/run the 4 days between. The cardio works well for me and as I am prone to arthritis in one hip it's the best thing to keep it at ay.
Aqua acerbic are great fun, and an excellent workout!0 -
We have electricity at the moment. I went to KY for dr appts. Mallory and I continue to see our original doctors. So we make the trip about every 3-5 months.
I haven't been to the gym since last Thursday. YUCK. I feel gross. Everything is closed around here so the gym is out today and probably tomorrow. Yall keep trucking and I'll join the bandwagon when the weather clears.
OH, I guess some of yall don't know I live 90 miles North of New Orleans so Hurricane Issac is at our doorstep.0 -
Daisy, I think aqua aerobics would be a fun way to break up weight lifting days
As long as you feel fine and like you are not overdoing it, why not? I don't always work out on off days, but when I do it's usually a walk.
Ugh, I'm missing a work out for the first time. I got a call today from a floor guy that my landlord scheduled to rip up our carpets and replace it with laminate flooring. They are coming tomorrow at 8 am. That's awesome, my husband is out of town and I'm alone with my 8 month old (well she's 8 months tomorrow), and I get to move all this stuff on my own.
Normally I work out during her naps, but today her nap time is the only time I have to move everything so they can rip out the carpets at 8 am tomorrow.
It's also going to take them two days, and I'm not sure how she's going to nap with them working or how I'm going to get any time to work out.0 -
Beeps-- Wednesday's are my long day at school, so no workout today. I'll be on a Mon or Tues/ Thurs/ Sat schedule. Three days is the goal, anyway. I don't know what I'll do when I start my other class in October. It's Tuesday and Thursday mornings. I guess I'll have to suck it up and learn to deal with afternoon workouts. :- /
Mary-- stay safe!
Speaking of machines... I've been thinking about implementing them in my workouts more. The physical trainer had me doing the leg press in place of weighted squats, and I kinda liked it. Don't misunderstand, I'm not saying goodbye to all squats. But since I'm having so much trouble with weighted back squats, deadlifts/RDL due to my back, I'm thinking it might be a good way to keep adding strength to my lower half.0 -
Daisy - I think aqua-work-outs would be just fine on your non-lifting days. Even on lifting days, if done AFTER lifting, it might feel good to stretch muscles that way.
manic!! Hurricane Isaac!!!!! Good grief....I hope you stay safe and that all returns to normal a.s.a.p.
sue - I like that you voted for "harmony".....you are WISE.
SteAnn - I introduced "white noise" into my babies' lives VERY EARLY. We lived in the middle of our house, still under construction, for about 3 months. So, I put fans in their rooms so that the "hum" was just ever-present, and they napped while the basement had jackhammering going on!! My kids are now 9 (almost 10) and 11 and they STILL sleep with fans in their rooms. (As do I.) Makes traveling a breeze - bring fan and wherever we are sleeping "sounds like hom".
Jessica - I think if you are doing one-legged leg press, then it makes sense to add it to the program (I added these to NROL4W for awhile). I do not think I would totally use it as a replacement for back squats, though. It's OKAY that you are stalled out in your back squat progress.....all your tiny muscles (and big ones!) are trying to figure it out, I promise. But, since "change" is always a good thing, I think do one-legged leg press, try front squats or goblet squats or others, and then go BACK to the back squats and see how it goes. (PS - I'm stalled out in my back squats, too.....can you TELL????)0 -
Thanks for the input ladies.
Beeps: I think aqua fitness after the workout could be great. I might see if that works with my schedule!0 -
SteAnn - I introduced "white noise" into my babies' lives VERY EARLY. We lived in the middle of our house, still under construction, for about 3 months. So, I put fans in their rooms so that the "hum" was just ever-present, and they napped while the basement had jackhammering going on!! My kids are now 9 (almost 10) and 11 and they STILL sleep with fans in their rooms. (As do I.) Makes traveling a breeze - bring fan and wherever we are sleeping "sounds like hom".
She used to be really good with noises, especially since slept in a bassinet next to our bed for the first five months. We would watch TV in bed after she had fallen asleep so she was used to it. Ever since moving to the crib she isn't as good. Sometimes the Sleep Sheep helps, it plays ocean, rain, forest, and river noises. I think I'll be relying on that tomorrow. It helped me get her to nap during a thunderstorm that was shaking our house a week ago, haha.
It's just a been a bit harder lately since she has gotten 8 teeth already and is still teething. No amount of amber teething necklaces, orajel, or anything seems to make it better for her. She's been getting me up often at night again because she is in pain.0 -
at little babies in pain.... 0 -
Yeah, it's not fun :frown: When the first tooth came in she screamed for an hour and a half straight and I thought something was seriouslly wrong with her. She's gotten 5 this month alone!
Hopefully she is feeling better soon though, and we can get back to our routine. With a husband that works out of town my lifting time is my de-stress time, my 'me' time.0 -
Yeah, it's not fun :frown: When the first tooth came in she screamed for an hour and a half straight and I thought something was seriouslly wrong with her. She's gotten 5 this month alone!
Hopefully she is feeling better soon though, and we can get back to our routine. With a husband that works out of town my lifting time is my de-stress time, my 'me' time.
Poor baby.
^^ the real baby. Not calling you a baby.
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I went BALLS TO THE WALL today.
Still pumped from my extreme workout. I stayed moving in between sets cardio-style, doing body weight squats, etc...
pumped out a beautiful (modified) version of stage 4b - I'm still having bent knee issues, so I did single leg RDLs and step ups for the lunge and bulgarian split squat. I AM SO PUMPED. I even did 4-5 sets of each because I was so high energy.
Poor teethin' baby! I hope you guys feel better, Ste!0 -
I just did workout B of NRoLFA. If I thought side planks were hard, side planks with elevated feet are of the debil. No lie. It was a good workout though. I'm liking this program.0
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ruh-roh....I'm supposed to do workout B of NROL4Abs today (or tomorrow). I'm TERRIFIED, right now!0
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I'm baaaaaack! No electricity for 14 hours overnight. we still are getting plenty of rain.
No workout again today. Everything in this little podunk town is closed.
I miss "chatting" with yall and hopefully I can get back in the swing of things in the next few days. BUT I go on vacation 09/09.0 -
Phew, glad it was only no 'lectric, Mary! Hope everything else stays ok!
Ste I would come help you move if we were closeby. What a handful! Teething baby and no help!
TFB you are incredible!! And Jessica, those planks sound DAUNTING!!
Jo, hoping your back is continuing to improve! I sure wish I had a cheap convenient pool nearby. I would love to do some water exercises!!!
So I did my continued S1B workout last night. UGH!!! I had no strength at all it seemed. I had to go down in weight in every-freaking-thing except deadlifts. Actually I deadlifted 110 but only for a few reps - better than I'd hoped. But I went down 5 on all the others. I just had nothing to give to them! How totally frustrating. I'm sure it's because I didn't have enough food generally yesterday and certainly because I didn't have enough protein until AFTER the workout. I won't do that again. At the very least I'll do a protein shot when I leave the office if I'm going to workout after I get home.
I'm about ready to be done with Stage 1, We go away on the 15th so I'm going to do 1 more S1A and B and then AMRAPS. I'll start S2 when I get home - 2 whole weeks later which scares the crap outta me honestly!0 -
Wow...take a few days off and this thread explodes!
Manic: I'm glad to hear you're surviving the storm.
Jessica and Beeps: you keep scaring me with the NROL4abs talk. I was thinking about doing it after this. But elevated side planks? How is that even possible???
Sue: Good on you for choosing peace. I probably would have thrown a tantrum.
FunBun: I'm watching you for inspiration. I was supposed to start S4 yesterday. But my protein intake hasn't been up to snuff and I just don't feel like I'd get a quality workout in. That said, I cycled 160km over the weekend. So I'm trying to cut myself a little slack, as my legs are still a bit heavy.0 -
I had a GREAT workout on Monday........then woke up feeling awful on Tuesday. I was sore, but not really a DOMS sore, a flu kind of achy sore. The yesterday, I started getting a sore throat....uuugggghhhh!!!! I can go years without getting sick, then one year it seems like I"m sick all the time.0
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Hello! I actually just joined today and looking forward to starting the program. I have been reading this part of the thread and I love seeing the progress and how everyone is moving along, etc. I can not wait to start. I should be picking up the NROLFW this next Thursday (belated birthday present). I admit reading what some of the lifts and such are - I am scared, but I am ready to take on the challenge.0
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Welcome, 1sxy! You'll love getting stronger. don't focus on scales.
Jennie, sorry hope you are better soon. 0 -
Don't be scared of NROL4Abs....I think it's going to be an AWESOME program! Truly.....
I did my first "B" work-out, Phase One, of NROL4Abs. I was a bit time-crunched, I'll say that.
1. I breezed through the "dynamic stretch" portion....didn't even bat an eye and just did one exercise after the other. Fine.
2. I started with the "static hold" - I only did 1 set....didn't realize I was supposed to do "2" - oops! And, heck, with only 12.5 lb on the pulley, it was enough. Made me feel "weak", but, at least this way I can ONLY get stronger, lol!
3. Then I moved onto "elevated side planks". Again, wrong order - I was supposed to do "front planks" first. Oops, again! I saw "10 sets of 10 seconds" and I thought, just switching from side-to-side would eat up TOO MUCH TIME. So, I decided to do 20 sec holds, instead. On the 3rd set, feeling fatigued, I actually LOOKED at the book and saw it was supposed to be "front planks, 10 sets, 10 seconds each set." The side planks were only "5 sets, 10 seconds each". Well, hell, I'd just done 60 seconds (each side), so, I thought, "DONE".
4. Decided to do full-arm elevated front planks. And, did 5 sets of 20 seconds each to save on the time. My shoulders were REALLY feeling these at the end.
5. Enough about the abs....although, without a doubt, that *is* the focus of these routines!! Got into the heavy-lifting and LOVED IT. As in UBER-LOVED IT!
6. I really like the "single-lifts" - don't know why, but maybe it just feels a bit better moving only one side of my body at a time. So, breezed through the single leg DB romainian lifts...probably should have used more weight, but I couldn't remember what I used in NROL4W. I'll move up next time. Then onto the one-at-a-time-shoulder-DB-press. Again, LOVED this. These exercises alternate.
7. Then onto alternating between the "overhead squat" and push-ups. So, I was HAPPY to see there are push-ups in EVERY SINGLE A and B work-out in Phase One!! I am GOING to get my push-ups down to the ground this phase, I just FEEL IT!! So, that's exciting. (PS - I'm far away, again, right now. At 12 reps, I have to put the smith machine bar on the 6th rung from the bottom....so, I've got LOTS of room for improvement on my push-ups!) And, the "overhead squat", I wasn't sure about the weight, so I used a really light bar. Good enough! I strapped a stretchy band around the tops of my knees, to keep my left-hip from swinging out, and I went DOWN DEEP BABY. I'll go up in this weight next time, too.
I LOVE NROL4ABS..........................0 -
Great info, thanks Beeps. Did you start a new thread for abs? I haven't looked on the main page in a while.
I did 6B4 last night. I have a bruise on my shoulder because I was a bad girl and rested the DB there during the reverse lunges. :blushing: Didn't help that the air was out at my gym last night. I was there when the Wednesday Zumba class started and was thinking about staying, but there was no way without air and after lifting without air.
Spent all day at school setting up my new classroom and accomplished nothing. May have to go back tomorrow and I get to spend all day Saturday at a wake/funeral. Fun Labor Day weekend. Needless to say I'm already exhausted.0
