[diamondpete]

Hi welcome to the boards!!

It has been said, but I would look to moving to free weights ad full body exercises, more bang for your workout time and you will get better results. You may not "feel comfortable" and that is normal when you first make the move. Try free body exercise with NO weight or little weight. For example, body weight squats (no weights) will do much more for you than the leg press machine.


Nick mentioned a big point about NROLW in that you will be asked to do exercises that you are not familiar with and I think this can be intimidating, but if you work at your own pace, I think you will find you can do it. Slow and safe!

Trainer, many have mentioned getting a good trainer. Great idea, but the probem is, how do you get a good one. If you post your area, here, perhaps someone can recommend one, but in general I would say there are more bad trainers than good trainers in your average gym, so you are better off educating yourself first.

Have a look in the FAQs under routines and you will finds many that are free. They are for men, but basically there is not much difference in a "man's workout and a woman's. I have always liked HGM because it takes you up step by step in terms of exercise "technical difficulty", and it was free, and it lasts a year. To be honest, armed with what I know now, I would make some changes but in general I think it is a very good program.

I have not read NROLW, but I have bought by the same author, New Rules of Lifting (this is the "men's version") , the Homeworkout Bible (it shows you how to do every exercise with "limited equipment" GREAT BOOK!!!) The book of muscle and TAP (testosterone advantage Plan??). I have enjoyed all of them.

Even if you do not start with NROLW's workout plan, the book is a good strat because it will give you an overview of what you need to be thinking about and some very practical guidleines.

Best of all, the author, Lou Schuler is a regular on this forum, very knowledgeable, actively supports his products in the NROL forums, and is most importantly, imo, is an very accessible guy in terms of time, and in terms of answering questions "in English" as opposed to jargon.


Anyway, I hope this helps, welcome to the boards. Train safe!!