Questions for the authors?

[Ruthie]

Thanks a lot Lou - much appreciated.

Ruth

[Isabel]

Originally Posted by Lou Schuler

Who says bent-over rows are less effective than lat pulldowns? The angle of pull is certainly different, but you're still building the muscles in your middle and upper back.

Thanks so much for the response, Lou! I didn't expect it on Super Bowl Sunday!

It's good to know I'm not missing out on anything by working out at home. I'll probably start going to a gym after work, once I outgrow my weights at home. But it's so convenient to do it at home, especially in the winter.

[jhardy]

Lou--I have been rereading the book and I have to tell you it is the absolute best. I have already read it once and have been following the workouts for a month. You are such a great, entertaining writer. I love your style and your tidbits of information regarding exercise in your own life.

I especially like the last few sentences of your book, "Nobody can choose to be perfect, but all of us can choose to be better. So what's your choice?"

While I have been following the program for a month with little weight loss/inches lost, I know I am in better condition than I was a month ago. I can only get better if I continue on.

Thanks so much!
J

[Lou Schuler]

Hey! You gave away the ending!

(Kidding!)

Thanks for the kind words.

[sqsc]

I will be traveling for a month right in the middle of my fitness program with no equipment regularly available. When I finaly get to a place where I can formally pick up again, should I start where I left off? Or maybe a two weeks before where I left off?

[sqsc]

I don't have access to a chin up bar and I can't regularly get to the gym. What excercise should I do in place of the chin up?

[missjane]

Originally Posted by sqsc

I don't have access to a chin up bar and I can't regularly get to the gym. What excercise should I do in place of the chin up?

You have about 5 months before you get to the chin-ups in this program. You could always install a chin-up bar at your home or maybe you will be getting to gym more regularly at that time.

[Cynic]

Two other options to the chin up/pull-down:

Pull-overs
get a band, attach it to something against the wall or ceiling and do "pull-downs" using that.

[missjane]

Originally Posted by Cynic

Two other options to the chin up/pull-down:

Pull-overs
get a band, attach it to something against the wall or ceiling and do "pull-downs" using that.

Actually, Alwyn has us doing negative chin-ups in the later stage, and he has some pretty definite instructions on what we are to do. So, does that make a difference in what you just suggested?

[MightyAl]

Originally Posted by Cynic

Two other options to the chin up/pull-down:

Pull-overs
get a band, attach it to something against the wall or ceiling and do "pull-downs" using that.

I'm having trouble understanding and visualizing this exercise. Is there a demonstration of the exercise somewhere?

[Aoife]

Originally Posted by sqsc

I will be traveling for a month right in the middle of my fitness program with no equipment regularly available. When I finaly get to a place where I can formally pick up again, should I start where I left off? Or maybe a two weeks before where I left off?

If you do nothing for a month you'll prolly have a tough time just waltzing back in and doing your next workout as previously planned.

Be sure to try and get in some sort of work here and there, bodyweight is fine, and then either pick up a week or so back, or just continue on knowing you'll need to go a bit lighter on your first couple workouts. It's not gonna take forever to get back to it, just that it's usually not immediate for many.

[Cynic]

Originally Posted by MightyAl

I'm having trouble understanding and visualizing this exercise. Is there a demonstration of the exercise somewhere?

Which one? I'll assume band pull-downs.

I'd have to video a demo of what I'm visualizing, because I'm throwing out an idea that I've not ever done, but one must be inventive to overcome the lack of certain equipment.

I put my bar in the top most position of my rack for pull-ups/chin-ups. I use the blue band folded over twice to make a "rope" and loop that over the bar for neutral grip pull-ups at home.

I'm kind of limited on space, so rather than do dips, I'll probably do decline bench presses.

[missjane]

Hey Cynic, while you are thinking of substitutions for the negative chin-ups..this is a preview of this part of the program.

We do 3 sets of 1-rep negative chin-ups -- working up to 20 seconds hold time and then adding weight to our bodies once we do

Right after that, we do TEN sets of U/H pull-downs. Two rep sets w/ a quick pulll-down and 4 seconds on the return. 60 secs between sets.

[Cynic]

That's from NROL4W?

Alwyn is brutal.

[missjane]

you got it! It's in stage 6, I believe (out of 7 stages)....don't have my book here right now.

[Cynic]

Here's a question:

How's Alwyn doing? How's his recovery coming along?

[passi0n]

Cleared up my doubts about the 2000 calories! =)
Wow what an accent to! lol

[Cynthia]

I am going to assume this is an error in publishing/editing but Stage 2, Workout B is the only one of all the workouts in the book that is listed as NOT alternating sets.

[Aoife]

It just looks like they've left out or had covered the text saying "alternating sets" as that's how it's set up to work by the letters. Plus, it should be the same exercises/order as stage 4, just with different set/rep scheme.