Wow stage 2 really kicks it up a notch! Just did my first A.

Those front squat push press things are a nightmare of shoulder/arm flexibility / coordination for me, I started with 16kg, but had such wrist pain i went down to 14kg. But i just realised now, in stage 1 i was doing shoulder presses with 2 x 7kg db at the end, so i should be comparing to that, not the back squat weight!

The horizontal wood chop was funny, i have no cables, so started with the dumbell lying on my bench, but as i took it down to the side i nearly fell off! Moved to floor.... For some reason i felt quite nauseous for a while after that.

I realllly enjoyed it tho, might have to practise the front squats with a broomstick for form first!!

My workout this morning just all seemed like hard work. My heart just wasn't in it at all!

Firstly I realised I'd forgotten to do 3A on Monday, how the heck did I forget that!! So this morning I did it. Struggled with my second set of front squat push press and only managed 8 on the second set I'm doing 18 kg on my barbell so not hugely heavy. The push-ups were pathetic mainly due to my shoulder playing up (got a treatment on it booked at college tomorrow night). Still can't balance that well on the one leg dumb bell row (or whatever its called). Plus side I love my wood chops :happy: do them on my swiss ball and love the tight feeling in my obliques.

Jen I also feel nauseous sometimes, its a sign of pushing yourself, so all good.

I know this has been covered before but I am just not liking the front squat push press. It doesn't feel like enough weight for the squat and truthfully for the overhead press either, my limiting factor is my wrist strength/ flexibility so this feels like a really ineffective exercise. I tried the rockstars, it was better but still not really happy with it. I'm thinking for my next A workout I may do heavy squats and then do separate overhead presses- in a set like the B and C exercises.

jamk- I had to break them down like that to feel like it was helping me. couldn't handle the wrist issue. felt like I did much better on both breaking it into components.

Thanks, I thought there were some others that had done that too but I didn't want to wade back through the whole thread to look! I read on the jpfitness boards that you should work on the wrist flexibility but you only do a few workouts before you're on to the next phase, it just seems more effective to break it up instead. Besides, I miss the heavy back squat.

jamk- I had to break them down like that to feel like it was helping me. couldn't handle the wrist issue. felt like I did much better on both breaking it into components.

Are you alternating these two exercises (the squat and presses) as you would with the other ones in the workout - or doing 3 sets each seperately?

I tried the rockstars for A2. I liked them much better than the FSPP, it was a much less awkward exercise. And if you are trying to stick as close to the program as possible, it's probably the better alternative and as it's still one exercise, it will take less time than separately doing squats and overhead presses. But I think I'd rather have the choice of the heavier squat even if it lengthens my workout by a few minutes.

Did my second Stage 2 Workout A today. One of those terrible I really-don't-want-to-be-doing-this days. I made it through... but more like 5 minutes between sets instead of 75 seconds! Ugh. (I work out at home, so there are lots of excuses to be distracted.)

Personally, I don't mind backing down on the squat, because I feel like my legs get enough workout between the step ups and lunges.

Did my second Stage 2 Workout A today. One of those terrible I really-don't-want-to-be-doing-this days. I made it through... but more like 5 minutes between sets instead of 75 seconds! Ugh. (I work out at home, so there are lots of excuses to be distracted.)

I have a timer app on my phone, I set it for my rest period otherwise I'll just sit there and zone out, no distractions needed. :laugh:

Personally, I don't mind backing down on the squat, because I feel like my legs get enough workout between the step ups and lunges.

During my 75 secs I'm still flicking through the book trying to remember the next exercise. With Stage one I found them easy but the names of the exercises confuse me on this stage ie dumbbell prone cuban snatch WTF!!!!!

I've thought of this too, I'm going to do it anyway. I may not walk the next day, but I'm going to do it!

^^^^^^^ Sorry girls still trying to get to grips with the quoteing.

Did 3B workout today without the HIIT, doing mine tomorrow too. A lot better day today, head was willing as well as the body lol. I'm going to look at those jackknifes too, I'm holding a 12 kg dumbell over my head but its now causing pain in my triceps. Also adapted the cuban snatch and left out the second bit of movement also causes pain in my bad shoulder :grumble: Just done a self massage and ultrasound on said injury so hopefully by Monday a big improvement in it.

HIIT tomorrow, love my HIIT:happy: :happy:

Did my second Stage 2 Workout A today. One of those terrible I really-don't-want-to-be-doing-this days. I made it through... but more like 5 minutes between sets instead of 75 seconds! Ugh. (I work out at home, so there are lots of excuses to be distracted.)

Personally, I don't mind backing down on the squat, because I feel like my legs get enough workout between the step ups and lunges.

Thank you for your message and friend request!!! :flowerforyou:

During my 75 secs I'm still flicking through the book trying to remember the next exercise. With Stage one I found them easy but the names of the exercises confuse me on this stage ie dumbbell prone cuban snatch WTF!!!!!

Did you download the workout logs from the NROL website? They have log sheets with the exercises already filled out so all you have to do is print it (I printed them out 4 per page so I could take them to the gym as my "cheat sheet."

Yup do that too!!! :laugh: :laugh: I'm putting it down to age:grumble:

I wish I had done that, too, gill....I lost A LOT of progress with my (extended) vacation break in between Stage 2 and Stage 3.

I will NOT be taking any break between Stage 3 and Stage 4, that's for sure....

Yup do that too!!! I'm putting it down to age

LOL! Too funny!!

I just started S2 today and loved it. It was nice to mix things up after getting so used to the routine of S1. I'm looking forward to the "B" workout on Wed!!! What have people been doing about the interval section, do you really do it after the lifting or save it for later?

I started Monday too - really enjoyed the change... although - found the first workout in Stage 2 already WAY harder than Stage 1!!! Looking forward to B now!!!!

I've been doing Intervals already through Stage 1 as my "warm up" ... I'm going to keep doing it before because I was seriously D.O.N.E. after the weight section of S2WA yesterday! WOW.

I just started S2 today and loved it. It was nice to mix things up after getting so used to the routine of S1. I'm looking forward to the "B" workout on Wed!!! What have people been doing about the interval section, do you really do it after the lifting or save it for later?

I have been trying to fit it in after lifting - mainly because I am not entirely sure I would be disciplined enough to do it the following day! lol It is tough though after all the lifting.