Magnetic plate mates would really have been the neatest solution but they are hard to get and I thought of these first.
Rethinking again about my desire to combine the core part of my own periodization routine , viz. the first 2 exercises in them that have wave loading as slow supersets (still getting over the hurdle of going reallllly low in reps)
plus
about half of the NROL workouts
Dynamic WU plus BW complex is mostly 9 (easy) sets
Waveloading : 14 sets incl. 2 WU sets as an UB/LB split with just 4 exercises: DL/SQ/BOR/db press
The NROL program has you do in between 25-35 sets for the various routines. Splitting them in half would give around 9+14+25-35/2 = 35-40 sets/workout.
However, most routines have a regular DL/squat/BOR/press incorporated.
Looking forward to the hypertrophy routine, I'm actually not seeing as many problems as with the fat loss routine and I might even just do it as per the book. Except that it wouldn't follow the natural strength rhytm that I and most other women seem to have.
In any case, when I'm back from my trip and will be gaining wt as usual, I'll need to do some more cutting and will finish off the FatLoss 3 routine that I broke off half way and indeed split it in half.
I feel a bit torn on it as it almost seems a betrayal to a program that so many people are loving so much.
Could have been since I'm really really freaking out over every single exercise that requires a lot of balancing and it releases just too much stress hormones. While there's not enough heavy lifting done to counterbalance the resulting muscle loss.
I really would love to improve on balance, but it's not gonna happen in just a few months: it's a multiple- year task to get better at it.
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