Heavy lifting may be the best idea ever.

I'm so thrilled with these results I had to post it on a main board as well as the NROL4W board...

I'm 5'8" and I started at 240 in May 2012

I was doing cardio and low cal (1400 net/day) and hit a major plateau around 215 in August.

Obviously I wasn't okay with that...
Me in January:

Around January when I reduced even more (most days between 900 and 1200), but it wasn't sustainable. I was around 208 when I started NROL4W at the end of March. I'm still in stage 1 (just finished my first 10 rep workout), but I've already noticed a huge difference.

Here are my New Rules stats and photo results.

March 26:
SW: 207.8
Neck- 15"
waist- 37.5"
around bellybutton- 41"
hips/fatblob (my spare tire)- 43.75"
Right arm at thickest- 13.5"
Left arm at thickest- 13"
R wrist- 6.75"
L wrist- 6.75"
Top of R thigh- 25"
Top of L thigh- 25"
thickest part of R calf- 17.5"
thickest part of L calf- 18"

Workout A:
squat: 65 lb.
push-up: 45 degree x 10
seated row: 70 lb
step-up: BW + 30 on 3 blocks+step
prone jacknife: 15x

Workout B:
Deadlift:75 lb
Dumbell Shoulder press: 2 15 lb dumbells, could not finish 2nd set
Wide-grip lat pull down: 40 lbs
Lunge: 2 20 lb dumbells
Swiss Ball crunch: 8

Today (April 21):
Neck- 14.75"
waist- 36.5"
bellbutton- 39.5"
hips/fatblob- 42.5"
R arm- 13"
L arm- 12.5"
R wrist- 6.5"
L wrist- 6.5"
R thigh- 24.5"
L thigh- 24.5"
R calf- 16.5"
L calf- 17.5

Workout A:
squat- 135 lbs
push-up: 30 degree (maybe more like 25 degrees) x 12
seated row: 80 lb
step-up: 2 15 lb dumbells, 5 blocks + step
prone jacknife: 15

Workout B (haven't done my first 10 rep of it yet):
Deadlift: 125 lb.
Dumbell Shoulder Press- 2 20 lb dumbells, can finish both sets
Wide-grip lat pulldown- 70 lb
Lunge: 2 20 lb dumbells
Swiss ball crunch: Long-arm x 15

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