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  • 93nan
    93nan Posts: 130
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  • Timby1
    Timby1 Posts: 294 Member
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    Thank you so much for this group. I have just finished reading the program part of the pdf and understood it, but wondered if there were any adjustments for women. I guess not. :ohwell: It's time for me to get to the "man cave" part of the gym. It's at a community college and I haven't really be over to inspect the free weights section, but I'm guessing I'll have to get some of the smaller 2.5 weights. Thank you for your help...I'm sure I'll be back in here often. :bigsmile:
  • Timby1
    Timby1 Posts: 294 Member
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    edit: sorry...posted twice
  • phat_to_phab_by_phorty
    phat_to_phab_by_phorty Posts: 7 Member
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    I wanta do this!!!
  • Tanana66
    Tanana66 Posts: 84 Member
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    Thanks, love it. :flowerforyou:
    After reading PDF I decided, naaah, not for me. :noway:
    I am starting next week (in bed with flu, but can't wait)
  • LindaLou252
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  • pjcoco
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    This may be a really silly question... Do A and B just alternate? So first week is A - B - A, and second week B - A - B and so on?
  • krokador
    krokador Posts: 1,794 Member
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    This may be a really silly question... Do A and B just alternate? So first week is A - B - A, and second week B - A - B and so on?

    Yup! That's the gist of it!
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
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    OMG Thank you for breakingi t down!!! I've been wanting to start on this but that PDF was a little scary.
  • mfp2014mfp
    mfp2014mfp Posts: 689 Member
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    thanks :flowerforyou:
  • Firekeeper66
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  • sarwatf
    sarwatf Posts: 60 Member
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    bump for later :)
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  • redheadmommy
    redheadmommy Posts: 908 Member
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    I confused by the weight increasing. Are we supposed to do 5 lb increase in every day on each of the 3 workout? Since squat is in both a and b days! this means, 1 month is about 8-9 workouts , which is 40- 45 lb increase per MONTH?
    Starting the 45 lb empty bar and double it in a month , triple it in 2 months and quadruple is in 3 months reaching like 180 lb in 90 days? That seem very aggressive and impossible to me. Am I misunderstanding something?
    On the other moves like bench press, which only every second time, so 6 times a month , it would mean 30 lb increase per month?
    I can see this happen in the first month , but the second month is already over ambitious and doing that on the 3 rd month in a row seems impossible to me.
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  • momof3and3
    momof3and3 Posts: 656 Member
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    I have 2 questions:

    1. What is the rest period between each set...10 seconds, 15 seconds, 30 seconds?????

    2. How often do you increase the weight, with each workout or every 4 weeks, or so????

    Thanks!

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