I've (mostly) lurked here at JP's for a couple of years, having followed the main exodus to here from Men's Health. I picked up a copy of NROL last Spring, and since there are so many NROL aficionado's here, I thought I'd join the logging fun.
I've been through Fat Loss I and II and Hypertrophy I so far. I just started Hypertrophy II last weekend. I began FL-I at 255 lbs (I'm 5'11") and was down to 235 at the end of FL-II. Since the beginning of Hyper I, I'm back up to 250, but my waist size hasn't increased (it's even seemed to have dropped slightly, but I haven't been measuring). So things seem to be going according to plan here. I'm planning on running through Hyper II and then back to FL-II and FL-III.
What have I learned so far? Workout B is always a killer.
Oh, so difficult to use arms after this. Driving home was an adventure. An astute reader, I'm sure, will be asking, "Workout C? What happened to B?" An unfortunate visit from the Gout this week. Workout B includes lunges. Enough said.
PWO: Whole wheat pasta with grilled chicken, arugula, black olives, and pine nuts.
The deadlifts felt quite good. It's funny how much better they are as a straight set, and not super-setted with squats. :p File this under the Now You Tell Me Department: I did the entire Hyper-I super-setting squats and deadlifts. I now discover that that was in fact a typo; they were meant to done as straight sets. Damn. Now I don't feel so bad that it completely kicked my ass.
Welcome and good luck. You're puttimg up some pretty impresive numbers. This log should be a good one to watch.
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Originally Posted by sybarite
PWO: Pizza.
Best PWO Meal Ever.
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"Focus on making the 5 lifts stronger and getting enough food. There will be plenty of time to worry about glycemic indexes, PERs, and Bulgarian Split squats later. Much later."-Mark Rippetoe
I actually had those both on tuesday night.(Carvel Ice Cream Cake=damn good)
I had just lifted, so I told myself I was in an "anabolic state" and needed to"rapidly restore glycogen stores" and "shuttle nutrients into the muscles"
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"Focus on making the 5 lifts stronger and getting enough food. There will be plenty of time to worry about glycemic indexes, PERs, and Bulgarian Split squats later. Much later."-Mark Rippetoe
I lurked for a while too! Some of these logs are incredible. I just started to post one so that I could push myself a little harder.
I liked HT2. Your numbers look real similar to mine. I will be curious to see where you end up. I felt like about the time I finally figured out what weights would work for all the different reps, it was time to move on to a new routine. Oh well!
Thanks, guys. I'm really liking H2 so far, but 25 reps?
23 December Training: NROL/Hyper-II/Workout A.2
Supersets; 201 tempo; 30 sec rests
A1 Reverse-grip bent-over row
2x25x85
A2 Bench press
2x25x95
B1 Wide-grip seated row
2x25x60
B2 DB incline press
1x25x20s
1x25x25s
Straight set
C1 Dips
1x8xBW
1x3xBW
I knew there was no way I'd get close to 25 unassisted dips. But i'd thought I'd see how many I could do. Not very. So, I switched to the assisted dip machine...
Wait till you get to FL3. You will get to do 2 sets of 20 reps in a Giant set. Of course this is after you have done 4 sets of 10 in another Giant set with 4 different exercises. It seems as though the step ups go on and on and on.....
I was glad to finish FL 3. The sets seem to move so fast it is hard to stay hydrated. One minute to catch your breath and sip a little water just doesn't seem to be enough after the second giant set. It will also leave you looking like you just finished a major cardio work out.
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