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Originally Posted by DirtyMartini
You might also look into Precision Nutrition if you're looking for something with a lot of scientific research put into it. Berardi's website ( Dr. John Berardi, Ph.D.) has an Articles section containing articles with quite a bit of scientific research and information.
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Thanks - I do look at the PN site quite often and I agree it's packed full of useful information. I have toyed with buying the package but it's quite expensive and to be honest, I think it is possible to glean most of what it's about from the website and articles. John Berardi is very open about it I find and doesn't try to make it out to be a mystical secret.
As I say, it's not really that I'm dissatisfied with the results I have from NROLW. I take full responsibility for the fact that I haven't lost as much fat as I would like, but in spite of holidays, weekends away, and general lapses in good eating, I have still managed to lose about 6-7lbs and I feel my overall appearance is better. I might even post some pictures at some point
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It is more that, to stick to a program, I need to believe in it and believe that it is the best choice for my goals. I bought into the logic behind it as explained in the book and I felt that was undermined by a totally different approach utilising some of the things that NROLW specifically warns against, such as cutting calories very hard. However, it was Lou that wrote the book, not Alwyn. But that is another thing - I strongly get the impression that Alwyn just knocked off the program for NROLW without really being that aware of what the rest of the text was saying. I think that there could have been less repetition of the same exercises - stages 3 and 5 and stages 2 and 4 being the same exercises, and more thought given about supersetting options etc. Also considering the book is for beginners I think there should have been some stretches written into the workouts. It is unrealistic for many people to complete the workouts in stage 5 as written since they are likely to last 90-120min, but again I wonder if anyone actually bothered to work that out. Anyway rant over, before I get kicked off the board. These are my niggles with the program - I am not trying to totally knock it, but I am less enthusiastic about it than when I started. But still I have learned a lot and I have enjoyed having a program to follow for a period rather than wandering around in my own little world.