New Rules of Lifting (for Women) Group - Part 2

HI,

by the way this is Yanicka....I had to erase my last profile (long story)

In the last 6 weeks. I lost 6 inches. But this week I am waiting for TOM to show up and I have not lost anything. I am happy to come to an end of session 1. I need change. How do you handle the rest week?

Great results!

I did the first workout with 3 sets today. The prone Jackknives kick my butt all the time. I still can't get to 10 push ups on the floor-boo.

Out of all the exercises the prone jackknifes were my least favorite. They really hurt my wrists and lower back.

The way I did them was to lay on the swiss ball and then roll forward until the ball was under my shins. Firmly place your hands on the floor and roll forward.

I thought maybe I had lost something in my hips but I measured before and the measurements for my hips and waist went up?!?!?! Wth? I swear I can't lose for anything. I can feel the difference in my legs though, which is nice. I think my butt is also a little higher, which is good because mine was always kind of flat. It's getting a little rounder I still have that blasted belly fat. But I will continue doing what I'm doing and see what happens.

HI,

by the way this is Yanicka....I had to erase my last profile (long story)

In the last 6 weeks. I lost 6 inches. But this week I am waiting for TOM to show up and I have not lost anything. I am happy to come to an end of session 1. I need change. How do you handle the rest week?

That's amazing results!!

Oh oh!!! I mean 6 inches total not 6 inches at one place LOL. It's been 2 inches at my belly button, 1 inch at my thights (up and down) for exemple

Out of all the exercises the prone jackknifes were my least favorite. They really hurt my wrists and lower back.

The way I did them was to lay on the swiss ball and then roll forward until the ball was under my shins. Firmly place your hands on the floor and roll forward.

I thought maybe I had lost something in my hips but I measured before and the measurements for my hips and waist went up?!?!?! Wth? I swear I can't lose for anything. I can feel the difference in my legs though, which is nice. I think my butt is also a little higher, which is good because mine was always kind of flat. It's getting a little rounder I still have that blasted belly fat. But I will continue doing what I'm doing and see what happens.

Thanks! I'll be sure to try that technique. How long have you been doing the New Rules for now?

I just finished level 1 this morning. It took me 5 weeks I think because I took some vacation last week. Next week I'll do the bonus workouts and then right into level 2. I don't think I need a break. I don't like not being active and I rather lift than do cardio.

Who has ventured into Stage 3 yet? How much does the body weight matrix suck?

I've been hesitating doing this but I think it's time. I haven't been following the nutritional guidelines set up in the New Rules of Lifting for Women book because the numbers seem so HIGH. I promised myself I'd try eating my MFP calories for the first 4 weeks to see how it went. I gave myself closer to 8 weeks because I went a little crazy with my eating during part of Phase 1. I've been steadily at the same weight (give or take 3 lbs) since I started the program so I've decide to follow the nutritional guidelines in the book. That means that on workout days I will be eating 2400 calories (yikes!!!) and on rest days I will be eating 2118 calories. What I will really need to focus on is making sure that those are healthy calories. I think I'm going to bump up my calories by mixing my protein powder with milk instead of water and adding almonds, peanut butter and other high calorie healthy foods into my diet. I plan on reassessing how much I'm eating after 4-6 weeks. Has anyone else had good luck in eating more calories?

I have! Trust in the program with the calories! It was weird to me at first to bump up to such a tremendous number, but I've continued being beastly hungry, even with so many more calories, lol. For me, this has been a monster metabolism boost. I can't say I've lost steady weight, I'm not really paying much attention to the scale... BUT, I'm looking better than I ever have and jiggly 'bits' are more solid than ever before.

I say try it and if it isn't working after a couple of weeks, you can always reduce calories again.

Does someone have tips on how to get my head down and but up on the prone jackknives?

Hummm it 's a little bit difficult to explain. First I put the ball on my tummy then roll foward until the ball is on my thights and I have my hands firmly on the ground. Then I just bring my knees toward my chest. The results are that my but goes up and my head goes down.

Clear as mud?

I can't wait to get the the bodyweight matrix. It looks fun, haha!

I did Stage 1, Workout A2 yesterday.. my butt is sore today! Step ups are awesome, haha.

Yeah, my butt is sooooooooo sore after doing Workout B, stage 1 for the first time. I don't think it's ever been so sore. Wow.

I discovered last week that I was doing the pushups incorrectly. I thought I could go right to the full pushups because I could manage a couple sets from the get-go, but when I watched my form in a mirror I realized I wasn't going down nearly enough and my arms were all winged out to the sides. Last week I stepped down to the 30% pushups to work on my form, keeping my arms close in, and WOW have my shoulders been hurting! It's like they had never ever been worked in my entire life. I'm hoping this week I can squeeze out a few proper on-the-floor push-ups with good form now that I know what it actually feels like. For anybody despairing about having to do the 45 or 30% pushups - don't! When you're ready you'll have really good form and killer shoulders .

Yeah, the whole elbows close to the body thing was different than I'd been doing push-ups my entire life (although I did them that way during Turbo Fire but she called that version "tricep push-up" and we did those and regular push-ups).

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Hi ladies -

I started Stage 2 yesterday. I did take the week off in between because my gym was closed for a week for maintenance, so I didn't have a choice - Perfect timing!

Although I still felt challenged at times during Stage 1, I was never noticeably sore. Well, I'm sore this morning! I think it's from the squat push press. Holy cow. Those were tough at the end of the AMRAP. I did 55 lbs and was struggling during the push press part. But, I really loved the horizontal wood chop! I can definitely see how it's a good all around ab/core toner. I've always seen people doing it in the gym, but didn't have the confidence to just try it. I also watched a video online that explained the form like you're swinging a bat in front of you - arms straight, moving at the hips and waist. That helped a lot.

Overall, I don't know if it's because it's fun to start something new, but I really enjoyed this workout. BUT, I do think it's more challenging than Stage 1. What are others thoughts?

idauria - did you start yet?

Well I start stage 1 this week and can't wait. I started my new calorie intake last week and straight away it kick started my weight loss again. Excited for the results once I add in the training. I'm going to do at least one day of cardio as well just because I like it lol.

Hopefully next week will report more losses

Hi ladies -

I started Stage 2 yesterday. I did take the week off in between because my gym was closed for a week for maintenance, so I didn't have a choice - Perfect timing!

Although I still felt challenged at times during Stage 1, I was never noticeably sore. Well, I'm sore this morning! I think it's from the squat push press. Holy cow. Those were tough at the end of the AMRAP. I did 55 lbs and was struggling during the push press part. But, I really loved the horizontal wood chop! I can definitely see how it's a good all around ab/core toner. I've always seen people doing it in the gym, but didn't have the confidence to just try it. I also watched a video online that explained the form like you're swinging a bat in front of you - arms straight, moving at the hips and waist. That helped a lot.

Overall, I don't know if it's because it's fun to start something new, but I really enjoyed this workout. BUT, I do think it's more challenging than Stage 1. What are others thoughts?

idauria - did you start yet?

I'm going to be doing the bonus workouts for stage 1 this week and then I'll start stage 2 next week. I'll try to do more cardio this week because I ate like a slob this weekend. Ugh I hate hating myself.

Hi ladies -

I started Stage 2 yesterday. I did take the week off in between because my gym was closed for a week for maintenance, so I didn't have a choice - Perfect timing!

Although I still felt challenged at times during Stage 1, I was never noticeably sore. Well, I'm sore this morning! I think it's from the squat push press. Holy cow. Those were tough at the end of the AMRAP. I did 55 lbs and was struggling during the push press part. But, I really loved the horizontal wood chop! I can definitely see how it's a good all around ab/core toner. I've always seen people doing it in the gym, but didn't have the confidence to just try it. I also watched a video online that explained the form like you're swinging a bat in front of you - arms straight, moving at the hips and waist. That helped a lot.

Overall, I don't know if it's because it's fun to start something new, but I really enjoyed this workout. BUT, I do think it's more challenging than Stage 1. What are others thoughts?

idauria - did you start yet?

I'm going to be doing the bonus workouts for stage 1 this week and then I'll start stage 2 next week. I'll try to do more cardio this week because I ate like a slob this weekend. Ugh I hate hating myself.

Don't hate yourself - just pick it back up this week. You'll keep moving and in no time you'll start feeling better. You have to have those days sometimes to remind yourself why you work so hard and to remember why those days are not the norm for you. Don't get down on yourself, it will only make it worse!

I'm anxious to hear what you think about Stage 2, so let me know once you start!