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You'll love them. I'm even using them for squats. So far I've been mostly using the one pounders.

Tonight: Squat - 112 (repeated after an inadvertent deload to 110 on Friday) BP - 82 attempted, failed. Got 2x5 and 2x3 Deadlifts - 160 (ding, ding, ding! This was my 1RM six years ago, so a PB) I'm frustrated with slow progress on squat...should be a bit closer to my DL methinks. When my dl 1RM was 160, my squat 1RM was…

I thought I was the only one who enjoyed it. So much better to get to rest the bar on the ground between pulls than to have the barbell hanging and trying to pull my arms off!

The New Rules of Lifting.

I guess I didn't have a big support issue...I would have worn my bathing suit then tossed shorts and T-shirt on in transition. For subsequent tri's I wore trishorts and a tri top...the shorts were $29.00 and the top was clearance, don't remember but a good price.

My very first tri I wore a bathing suit under bike shorts. It was reverse tri, so the swim was last. I ran in the bike shorts and just pulled them off for the swim.

Same here. Individuals are responsible for their own health, educating themselves and making their own choices.

I do food prep maybe twice a week. Unless you count thawing chicken and whipping a couple of eggs. I make a big pan of roasted veggies that lasts most of the week. Bake a big pan of chicken that will take me through the next 4 meals. I'm pretty lazy...nothing too involved. And if you are doing chicken breasts...six breasts…

Absolutely agree. I would love to see more emphasis on health and quality of life as primary goals. I recently was not happy with results of recent blood work. The numbers weren't terrible, but not where I wanted them to be given my hard earned level of fitness. It was an eye opener for me that as hard as I had worked to…

OHP is the hardest to progress in, but the squat is the most difficult for me because of the subtleties of technique and form. I'm trying to remember all the cues on my descent, the weight feels so heavy...I'm always just a little scared. I find BOR to be the easiest.

Cool! Let me know what you think or if you have any questions. Also, be sure download the free logs at werkit.com while you have possession of the book.

NROL is no more of a bodybuilding program than SL. It is all about compound movements and is also for strength. The programs incoporate periodization, which is why the rep ranges change. You're body adapts to the rep range and the load long before it adapts to a particlar exercise. Change up rep range, which dictates the…

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I don't blame you! My weight fluctuates between 138 and 141 and if I ate 2000 calories, I'd be a cow. How tall are you? 138 is good for me at 5'6" and it is very difficult for me to lose from there. Of course, I'm much older and according to the BMR calculator my BMR is 1267. My maintenance calories are about 1500. I've…

Nope...no extra cardio. I might go cycling or for a hike or a run on the weekend, but no regular scheduled deliberate cardio, except the heart pounding I get from lifting heavy weights. It is not endurance, but it still counts as cardio. I abhor indoor cardio machines and avoid them unless I'm following a very specific…

I was referring to the first book, not FW. So, if you are familiar with the first one, have you done any of the Fatloss programs? I started my fitness journey with that book, completed most of the programs, and my body was transformed! I've really just been maintaining ever since. But I owe my "better than when I was a…

Some may fit this description, but not the NROL workouts. 8-10 reps is not maximally heavy, but definitely challenging. Imagine doing the workout we are doing now, adding a few reps, so lowering the weight but NOT light weights, and doing the exercises as a circuit. Imagine starting with deadlifts, lifting your body weight…

The program I was doing was Fatloss III from the first New Rules of Lifting book. It involved circuits of 4 exercises done back to back with no rest, one minute rest between rounds for a total of four rounds, using weights that are challenging for 8-10 reps. Workout A, for instance, was deadlifts, pushups, Bulgarian split…

I believe I have, but is hard to say it is attributable to SL as I was just coming off a hardcore fat burning resistance program. But in the past three weeks, I have only lost about 1/4 inch off my waist and hips, a little more in my thighs, and I miraculously gained 1/2 inch in bust, but that is probably period related.…

5'6" - 138 lb. Which you didn't ask for but seemed significant. Week three, 1350 calories not counting any exercise calories that I will eat because I can.

Okay, today's workout. Squat 112 -- I wanted to get past 110 and again, 115 wasn't happening, so I resorted to my fractional weights. Bench press 80 -- made all 5 sets this time! DL 155 Endorphins kicked in during the DL's. I floated out of the gym with a grin on my face. Also, five years ago my 1RM on DL' was 160, so I'm…

I had that problem a few times recently. Our other rack does not have adjustable bars, so it is just the power rack. On Monday, the guy using it had five sets to go, so I had to switch my workout order and start with presses. The time before two guys were using it to do bent over rows...they did not need to be inside the…

I noticed the neck, too. Rippetoe says to look at the ground in front of you to keep your neck in that neutral position. I've been really focusing on this the last few workouts, and I was amazed what a difference it made.

I don't know. Losing even five pounds was never easy for me, even when I was a teenager. I saw a nutritionist at 19 and lost six lbs. after she put me on a diet that added up to 500-700 calories per day. That said, the most I ever had to lose was 30 lbs. that I lost several years after baby four. There were some changes in…

Here is an interesting article about coffee that just came in my email from John Berardi of Precision Nutrition. Based on science...coffee is good for some, maybe not so good for others. Happily, it seems I'm one who will benefit according to this article. http://www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-coffee

Disappointing on squats. I did one set of 115 but wasn't happy with my depth, so I dropped back to 110. In the past I know I have gradually sacrificed depth to add to the bar, and I really don't want that to happen this time. Since the only power rack was occupied and the other squat rack has a rather high fixed safety, I…

Wow...you should be proud. That's a lot to deal with. Great job!

Actually, if you have a large frame that means you can weigh more than someone with a small frame and still be very lean. I have a friend who has a larger frame than me but she is still very thin and does not look big at all.

Her body fat may be lower or she may have a bigger frame. I don't remember what I weighed at size 6, but currently I am a size 4 at 5'6" and 139 lbs. I am small framed. We really can't compare ourselves to others because of all the variables.

What kind of weight lifting were you doing in high school? Moves you are familiar with are a great place to start. I always. recommend free weights....squats, deadlifts, pressing and pulling exercises..over machines and full body workouts over body part splits. You get a lot more bang for your buck when doing complex…