lol. That took me a second. That's actually one of my former rats, Nibs. I've only had cats, rats and mice, but ferrets are definitely on my wish list. I've read that they don't usually get along well with cats though, and I'd have some fears as well if one of the tinier critters ever escaped.

Thank you for the detailed input. I began the first day with 35, but I'm going to up it to 45 this next go round as I felt the bench and barbell rows were easier than they should have been. I figure I can always back down if I'm mistaken. I did a few bench presses yesterday with 45 and I think it may be a good starting point.

Lifting is completely new to me as well. I found the bench press to be easier than I expected. Barbell rows weren't too bad, but I'm video taping my form and believe my shoulders are rounding down. I've been watching youtube videos and I don't see any rounding in the shoulders, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to straighten my shoulders/upper back any more than I currently am. And since I see the rounding *prior* to actually lifting any weight up, so I'm wondering if perhaps I don't have the bar high enough off the ground. Is there any actual distance measurement I can go by for barbell rows - a specific number of inches that the bar should measure from the ground if you aren't using an olympic bar with the larger plates?

Squats I will need to work on as well. I believe my form is ok but I can't really get any depth. I'm assuming I'll need to look up some flexibility exercises to improve that, and possibly some overall core exercises to help me with any posture issues. I've never been much of a squatter, so the motion is simply not intuitive to me.

So far I've only done day one, so we'll see how this next group of exercises treats me. I'm quite intimidated by the OHP.