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LancelotsLover · 06-05-2009, 11:49 PM

So, here's the beginning. . . .I started NROLFW three weeks ago; will do workout 1A #5 tomorrow, but want to go back and enter my workouts in case I lose the paper copies which are folded multiple times until they are falling apart. Don't want to forget the weights I used at the beginning, so I can judge my progress.

Starting Stats:
Age: 39
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 124-129, depending on diet and workout schedules; pretty good muscle tone from years of semi-challenging lifting; pretty good wind from lots of cardio. Don't know my body fat %, but can tell by looking when I get too much. Have never been able to get completely rid of the ring around the middle, and am sure it's due to nutrition. Am starting to log my food in fitday.com.

Waist: 28" (sometimes 29, depending on diet, water retention, etc.); the bane of my existence that I will never have a 26" waist. Only time I did, I had dieted down to 103 lbs. and was a scarecrow, pre-lifting. I am psyched when I occasionally see 27.5" in the morning, and would love to manage to get 27", but doubt I will. I am built thick-waisted and thick-ankled, get humorous ribbing from my man about my "cankles." As in, "you're about perfect. . . .but are you gonna do something about those ankles?"

Pre-NROLFW, I had concentrated on "high reps, low weight" for upper body "toning" without "bulking up"! I believed all the fallacies, and when I got a personal trainer, she reinforced those ideas. Knew I needed to enlarge legs/butt, so did more heavy lifting there. Could Romanian deadlift from 65-90 lbs., depending on current level of fitness. Never did regular deadlifts. Could squat on the Smith machine with 75 lbs. (I know, I know, I'm off the machine). Could bicep curl 20 lb. bar 10 times with strain. Chest press 25-30 lbs. on cable machine or with barbell. DB shoulder presses 10 lbs. 15 reps was hard. I did all those isolated muscle exercises that Lou scorns in the book. Abs in really good shape, because I LOVE ab exercises. I always did bunches of them before lifting, and am missing them some with these workouts. But, have not done more than the ones in the workouts, because "don't tweak the workouts the first time through, Alwyn knows what he's doing." But it's hard.

Will come back later and enter the workout info. This might be fun.

06-05-2009, 11:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
LancelotsLover Ready for cold. . .sigh. Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 840	LancelotsLover's Lifting Log So, here's the beginning. . . .I started NROLFW three weeks ago; will do workout 1A #5 tomorrow, but want to go back and enter my workouts in case I lose the paper copies which are folded multiple times until they are falling apart. Don't want to forget the weights I used at the beginning, so I can judge my progress. Starting Stats: Age: 39 Height: 5'4" Weight: 124-129, depending on diet and workout schedules; pretty good muscle tone from years of semi-challenging lifting; pretty good wind from lots of cardio. Don't know my body fat %, but can tell by looking when I get too much. Have never been able to get completely rid of the ring around the middle, and am sure it's due to nutrition. Am starting to log my food in fitday.com. Waist: 28" (sometimes 29, depending on diet, water retention, etc.); the bane of my existence that I will never have a 26" waist. Only time I did, I had dieted down to 103 lbs. and was a scarecrow, pre-lifting. I am psyched when I occasionally see 27.5" in the morning, and would love to manage to get 27", but doubt I will. I am built thick-waisted and thick-ankled, get humorous ribbing from my man about my "cankles." As in, "you're about perfect. . . .but are you gonna do something about those ankles?" Pre-NROLFW, I had concentrated on "high reps, low weight" for upper body "toning" without "bulking up"! I believed all the fallacies, and when I got a personal trainer, she reinforced those ideas. Knew I needed to enlarge legs/butt, so did more heavy lifting there. Could Romanian deadlift from 65-90 lbs., depending on current level of fitness. Never did regular deadlifts. Could squat on the Smith machine with 75 lbs. (I know, I know, I'm off the machine). Could bicep curl 20 lb. bar 10 times with strain. Chest press 25-30 lbs. on cable machine or with barbell. DB shoulder presses 10 lbs. 15 reps was hard. I did all those isolated muscle exercises that Lou scorns in the book. Abs in really good shape, because I LOVE ab exercises. I always did bunches of them before lifting, and am missing them some with these workouts. But, have not done more than the ones in the workouts, because "don't tweak the workouts the first time through, Alwyn knows what he's doing." But it's hard. Will come back later and enter the workout info. This might be fun.