"semi-missed" workouts, how to program?

[EasyRhino]

I'm a NROL noob. Just started Fatloss 1, only did Break In before. My goal, to give this a fair shot, is to follow this as by-the-book as possible, before I start getting fancy about things.

So, if you do a NROL workout, but don't really do it right, how should that affect later programming?

For instance, specifically, I did the first FL1 workout in my normal gym. The next three workouts were at hotels and family's, I did still keep my log sheet and tried to follow the plan as best as possible regarding exercises, sets, reps, and rest times. But I did have some substitition exercises (dumbbells instead of barbells, etc) and one in particular lacked in some intensity. They weren't total failures, but I don't think I'm getting a Christmas card from Alwyn Cosgrove.

If I were to treat these compromised workouts as regular workouts, then I my next workout would progress to the next phase of lower reps with lower rest times (start with workout #5). If I were to treat them as non-workouts, then I would effectively just restart back at workout #2.

Would one be better than the other? Something in between? Does it matter?

[Aoife]

it doesn't matter. it's a couple workouts from a week or two in your life of years and years and years.
Just move on, unless you want to do more workouts. However, remember that life will always throw missed workouts, sub-optimal workouts, crappy equipment, and other crap at you, and you're just gonna have to move on and keep plugging overall, because it's the overall, general, consistent work that matters, not a workout here or there, not a week here or there, not a meal here or there.

So whatever you feel like will work. It's not like you didn't do the workouts, you just didn't get to do them super by the book. *shrug* no big whoop.