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  • newmari12
    newmari12 Posts: 29 Member
    When I did the crunches I tried to do them as per the picture provided but now that I am looking at it closer do my shoulders need to be off the ball? I had my husband watching me and he said my shoulders were lifting off of the swiss ball I felt nothing in my abs. Maybe I'll just have to experiment with it.
  • mstawnya
    mstawnya Posts: 450 Member
    I did workout B today for the first time and found myself lifting a little too much weight for all the exercises (I guess what Lou said about women usually picking too light a weight does not apply to all of us lol), In any case, I too felt it in my glutes when doing the swiss ball crunch - am I doing it wrong? I had 10lbs resistance and did not feel a thing except for in my butt!

    Does anyone else feel like the first time going through workouts A and B is sort of overwhelming? I know for me, as someone who has only done group fitness classes (before starting NROLFW I was going 6x/week), I had never set foot in the weight lifting section of my gym and in these last two workouts I have felt completely intimidated and unsure of what I was doing, even though most of these moves I have done before in one way or another. These first two workouts have been all about re-learning how to do these moves in a different environment (one I am not yet 100% comfortable with) and do them correctly while also determining what the right weight is for me. I just feel like maybe I should start the program over again now that know what to do - anyone else feeling this way?

    I think it's overwhelming because it's new and we're all unsure of how much weight to add and whether our form is correct. I wouldn't start over. We have a lot of chances to get this first stage right! I did my 2nd Stage 1 Workout A today and still brought along the book to double check my form and added more weights. It's all good.
  • jody75
    jody75 Posts: 37 Member
    I think its great that women across the world are going to start demanding squat racks at the gym!

    Form can be really tricky. I learnedly a lot from Mark Rippetoe's book Starting Strength.
  • annamerrick
    annamerrick Posts: 78 Member
    I did workout B today for the first time and found myself lifting a little too much weight for all the exercises (I guess what Lou said about women usually picking too light a weight does not apply to all of us lol), In any case, I too felt it in my glutes when doing the swiss ball crunch - am I doing it wrong? I had 10lbs resistance and did not feel a thing except for in my butt!

    Does anyone else feel like the first time going through workouts A and B is sort of overwhelming? I know for me, as someone who has only done group fitness classes (before starting NROLFW I was going 6x/week), I had never set foot in the weight lifting section of my gym and in these last two workouts I have felt completely intimidated and unsure of what I was doing, even though most of these moves I have done before in one way or another. These first two workouts have been all about re-learning how to do these moves in a different environment (one I am not yet 100% comfortable with) and do them correctly while also determining what the right weight is for me. I just feel like maybe I should start the program over again now that know what to do - anyone else feeling this way?

    I think it's overwhelming because it's new and we're all unsure of how much weight to add and whether our form is correct. I wouldn't start over. We have a lot of chances to get this first stage right! I did my 2nd Stage 1 Workout A today and still brought along the book to double check my form and added more weights. It's all good.

    I totally agree with this ^^
    I don't think Stage 1 is about being perfect, its about learning form and what your body is capable of. Just keep improving every workout and you'll be great!
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