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Originally Posted by sveta
Yey I finally found a fella-NROL4Wer on stage 5! I'm starting 5 tomorrow, and so excited about low reps  I've noticed I never really improve from workout 1 to workout 2 and then make a jump between 3 and 4...I'm really curious to see your results! Keep up the good work! |
Funny, I was just telling John this weekend that I notice great strides in improvement on my first & last workouts, and not a whole lot in the middle. He's been reading a lot of Rippetoe lately and I started in on "Strong Enough?" this weekend. I'm thinking about doing one of his Practical Programming ones after NROL4W - something a little less fancy and focused on making improvements with every workout. I've enjoyed NROL4W for getting me interested in weights and learning not to Fear the Barbell(tm) but I'm starting to think that maybe some of the exercises aren't as effective as others I could be spending time on.
For instance, my core used to give out during planks. Now, my core holds up just fine but my triceps give out before it's over. So it seems to me that I could be doing another core exercise at that time if the objective is to strengthen the core. So, we'll see. I'll keep reading about what I think is going to work best for my goals (more muscle!).