Looking forward to stage 2.

Only have AMRAPS left on Wednesday and Friday.

got to 110 on my dead lift today so im pretty psyched about that!!

Stage 4: 2 to 3 sets of 8 correct?

OMG you each are my heros!!! I want to be strong like you. I'm starting today, though I have been doing a little lifting, nothing near the intensity of NROL4W, nor with the same consistency, but I want a back like Beeps and , I too carry every bit of my weight from the waist down.

I'm 60 and I am tired of wishing the jelly thighs to go away. I am starting at home, we have everything I need there, and honestly, I'm a mouse at the gym, I am not yet comfortable going into the big boys area. Maybe after I finish Stage 1.

Anyway, I know I've said I was starting before, but I also joined a 2 week challenge to motivate myself! Why is it that I avoid doing what I really do enjoy once I get started? LOL I swear I'm my own worst enemy!!

Is there anyone else in my age bracket just starting out again?

Sue-I have a pal at the Y who started lifting weights when she turned 60. She is my hero! She deadlifts the big bars, bench presses, and is entering a weight lifting competition later this month. She said she never exercised until she turned 60. Amazing. Good luck to you!

Hi everyone! I got home from Chicago tonight. I am exhausted! I think I could sleep for a week.

Tomorrow is back to normal around here. The party's over. Lol! I will start stage 3 this week. I guess I need to look at the book to see what that entails.

Samntha- I make use of wrist weights- like on the YTWL when i was trying to go from 3kg to 4kg DBs I struggles, so I did 3kg with half kg wrist weights on each side too! Did you manage the 2 min planks? I had to build up to it from 90secs, finally nailed it at the end of stage 4. But then it continues in stage 5!!!!! :noway:

Sue, go to the BBC news website and read about Ernestine Shepherd, the bodybuilding grandma, she's about 75! Started at 50 i think.
One of our friends here (MissMaggie) probably won't me me telling you she's 54 and kicks our *kitten*, she's at the same stage as me (5) 15 years older and lifts about twice as much. Age is just a number..!

I'm enjoying 5, but suffering from my usual hamstrings-from-hell DOMS. It's great doing sets of 4 reps tho, you can really get the weight up.

since I've never lifted weights before, I decided to try Jamie Eason's Livefit 12 week program. I found her online at bodybuidling.com. This program is for women over 40 :flowerforyou: and the diet suggestions, food list, exercises with video to show you exactly how to do the exercises are all free. I was off yesterday and slept in, so I didn't have enough time in the day to eat all the calories I was supposed to eat. I did great prepping food for the week and I ate my breakfast, lunch and 2 snacks, but after all the water I drank I had no room for dinner. It should be better today as I'm up at 4am for work. I went to the gym with my list of exercises and looked at all the men that take over the weight section of the gym. I headed over to the treadmil to warm up, all the while trying to figure out where I was going to start. I don't know why I'm so intimidated, but I guess it's because I don't know what I'm doing. I just sucked it up and found my dumbells and a bench and did my thing! It felt good to get day one under my belt and I'm sure it will get better as the days pass. After reading all of these posts and seeing the amazing transformation pictures, I'm more motivated than ever:bigsmile:

my buns and thighs are very uncomfortable after 8B..

ugh.. cant get comfy in my seat no matter what i do.. haha..

I just wanted to share some visual evidence of the amazing things that NRL4W can do for the glutes...If you are a "flatty patty" like me, it is very encouraging to know that squats, lunges, and deadlifts can have a profound impact upon the derriere.

The photo in the mirror was taken last fall. I did cardio only, no lifting. The photo in the white and green bathing suit was taken after finishing stage 2 last week.

See a difference in the glutes?

nice progress pic Austelle! (I really have to learn how to post pics.)

I want your butt, Austelle! I am so sick of a pancake following me around. It's getting better, but like Veruca Salt, I want it now!

Beeps-I'm with you on the energy skids. No workout for me today. I took my girls to a deer sanctuary and to a sculpture park so I guess we did a little walking but that's it. And I guess I lifted my 2 year old quite a bit. She's a 27 lb. squirmy weight.

wow! you lifted the butt, austelle!

I didn't take pics after stage 2 or did I ? I can't remember. Either way I don't have them. I do have before pics and after stage 1. I'm halfway finished with stage 3. hmmm I want to see if there's a change. Just might do that tomorrow.

Awesome work austelle!!!

That was one of the biggest disappointments I had when I reached my goal weight last summer... I was no longer a fat *kitten*, I was a FLAT *kitten*. LOL

My husband has been very happy this time around with the results from all of the lunges and steps ups from NRoL. So even those I curse like a sailor under my breath while doing them... I smile when I look in the mirror. I think step ups may be a part of my lifting routine for a long long time.

Finally back. Long absence from lifting

We finished the Ninja Challenge sat! I took a week before that to rest up and saw the scale back down. The challenge was SO fun. I am COVERED in bruises but I feel they are battle wounds. Took my team 1 hour and 13 minutes and we worked as a team. Some of the walls were literally 8 ft tall. I am 5 ft 1. GOT OVER THEM ANYWAY! I thank NROL4W for the strength to even fathom this.

Then vacation hit. Didn't eat well at all (wanted to try a lot of the local food) but I did swim and walk a lot so hopefully the sodium is what has the scale up so high. Anyway, two more rest days (to recover) and hitting up Stage 1 again Friday!

Ha ha, you guys, I got put in my place today! I am taking a break between stage 2 and stage 3. I was jonesing for a workout today so I went to Body Pump at my gym. I was kind of thinking, "this is going to be a joke" when I picked up the super-light bar and plates. It kicked my tail...not so much the squats and lunges but the shoulders and triceps were no joke. My arms turned to jelly. The weights are light but when you do 5 minutes worth of reps it is tiring!

yes, so been there!

THanks, Beeps! My gym doesn't have the apparatus for the back extension but does have the pictured(link you provided). woohoo! Can't wait to try that exercise.