Hi,
I am a 43 year old woman who loves my life and my family. I like my self pretty darn much too
. One of the things I love doing most is working out in the gym lifting weights. The one thing I don't love is cooking. Thus, it is hard for me to keep my diet clean.
I went to Hawaii in November and gained 2 pounds. When I came home I found an internet site to help me take off those few pounds. They had me eating back my calories from exercise and it was way too many calories for me. I am now 10 pounds heavier. But, all is not bad news -- only 3-4 pounds is fat, the rest is lean body mass. Yet, still I am bigger though I like to lie to myself and say that I look the same. (when you really like yourself you see yourself through rose colored glasses
)
Anyway, I discovered clean eating and NROL on the web site too. I am still working on eating clean --- so hard since I don't like many food -- I get so bored eating the same thing over and over. But, NROL I am really excited about.
I lifted the first time in Jr. Hiigh and loved it. In high school I would lift occasionally. Since the weight room was in the boys locker room, it wasn't always convenient. In college I would hit the weight room off and on but not regularly. Then I had my oldest son and the Y had child care for a reasonable price. I felt so alive and loved being in the gym, but I was using mainly machines. When we moved there was no Y and the gyms didn't have child care. So, it was many years later before I looked into workout in a gym again. By then I had my second child and they offered free child care (the times they are a changin) I started out on machines but worked my way to the free weights pretty soon. I didn't really know what I was doing but from watching and reading I came up with a free weight workout. Since I enjoyed lifting so much, my hubby got me a personal trainer for Christmas once. I learned alot, but he wanted me to lift light with more reps --- and I didn't enjoy that. So, I have put together my own workouts for the past 7 + years. This will be the first time I have followed a program. Plus, I just changed gyms because my old one didn't have any barbells or a squat rack. I am really excited about using these.
Well, I actually started May 12th so I will catch you up.
Build Up A1
Squat 15 reps @ 65#
Squat 15 reps @ 75#
Alternating Sets
Static Lunge 15 reps 45# and 2 pt. dumbbell row 15 reps 20# dumbbells
twice
Alternating Sets
Pushup 15 and Swiss ball crunch 15 with 10# weight
Pushup 15 and Swiss Ball Crunch 15 with 20# weight
The workout seemed easier than I was use to, but I was sore the next day --- what a shock
Peaches