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EasyRhino · 06-11-2009, 10:56 PM

Here's something I've been mulling, having accomplish, oh, three workouts in NROL break in.

Background: Age 33, 6'2", around 210ish, historically very sedentary and lazy. Been dieting and working out with random Internet workouts (but not programs) for a few months. Just started NROL, obviously. These workouts did not, notably, include deadlifts or squats, which had kind of intimidated me.

Anyway, the problem I find myself with in the Break In workouts is: I'm totally gassed! I'm like: "Fifteen reps of squats and DLs?! No one's ever done that many!". I'm sucking wind around rep 10-12, and I'm having trouble with my form to start out with just from ignorance, and it gets uglier as fatigue sets in. And I'm using weights which, frankly, seem a bit embarassing (about 100lbs on each). My lower back just hurt after the deadlifts (not DOMS, just dull pain, ended in about 24 hours). The bent over DB row is also notable, because my back and hams start to get exhausted, meaning I end up standing more and more upright as the set progresses (my back and shoulders aren't too bad, the DBs aren't that heavy). I feel like I'm just failing at the exercises.

Should there be some prerequisite before even starting Break In?

Now, on the flip side of all my whining, the exercises I'm more familiar with (lat pulldown, crunches, pushups, are tough but don't leave me a miserable failure. So there's a possibility that my back and my... squats are just really weak. Heck, I carried a golf back for 18 holes today and my back got pretty tired in the same spot as from the DLs. Maybe I'm just experiencing expected problems for someone in my mostly deconditioned state?

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... but seriously, what's with all the reps?

06-11-2009, 10:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
EasyRhino Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 180	Too weak for Break In? Here's something I've been mulling, having accomplish, oh, three workouts in NROL break in. Background: Age 33, 6'2", around 210ish, historically very sedentary and lazy. Been dieting and working out with random Internet workouts (but not programs) for a few months. Just started NROL, obviously. These workouts did not, notably, include deadlifts or squats, which had kind of intimidated me. Anyway, the problem I find myself with in the Break In workouts is: I'm totally gassed! I'm like: "Fifteen reps of squats and DLs?! No one's ever done that many!". I'm sucking wind around rep 10-12, and I'm having trouble with my form to start out with just from ignorance, and it gets uglier as fatigue sets in. And I'm using weights which, frankly, seem a bit embarassing (about 100lbs on each). My lower back just hurt after the deadlifts (not DOMS, just dull pain, ended in about 24 hours). The bent over DB row is also notable, because my back and hams start to get exhausted, meaning I end up standing more and more upright as the set progresses (my back and shoulders aren't too bad, the DBs aren't that heavy). I feel like I'm just failing at the exercises. Should there be some prerequisite before even starting Break In? Now, on the flip side of all my whining, the exercises I'm more familiar with (lat pulldown, crunches, pushups, are tough but don't leave me a miserable failure. So there's a possibility that my back and my... squats are just really weak. Heck, I carried a golf back for 18 holes today and my back got pretty tired in the same spot as from the DLs. Maybe I'm just experiencing expected problems for someone in my mostly deconditioned state? ... ... but seriously, what's with all the reps?