As part of working on my NROLFW program, I have learned a lot about how the fitness industry somewhat has a distinction between what exercises men and women should be doing, and how most of that is just pure nonsense. The book encourages stepping away from the pink “Barbie” weights and becoming familiar with the […]
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Despite Sundays being a typical rest-day for me (and it being about 90 degrees outside at 11:00), I decided that after a day of indulging on the lake yesterday (including a plate or two of angel food cake topped with Cool-Whip..), a good old-fashioned Crossfit workout was acceptable, especially since it was only 20 minutes […]
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The intention was to do a venting write-up on front squats last night, but due to unforeseen circumstances, this post was delayed.. Has there ever been a particular workout move that you torture yourself with and get such mental anguish over that it throws off your whole focus and frustrates the heck out of you? Up until […]
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I’m not sure what is so terrifying about throwing yourself towards a wall feet first, but it took some pure will and determination (and encouragement from the BF) to have the nerve to kick my feet up and hurl myself towards our rickety garage. After about 35 attempts at doing a handstand against the wall, […]
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At one point in the NROLFW book, there is a section regarding what weight you should start at when doing a particular exercise: “Whatever you think you can use, the actual number is probably higher.” I totally believe this and oftentimes it’s hard to push yourself to your own limits.
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I hit one of my fitness goals today – I deadlifted more than my bodyweight!! 🙂
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I was wasting time on Pinterest and looking up random fitness pages and ran across this t-shirt: While I do not cuss, I really felt that this appropriately expressed how I felt after tonight’s short little workout. The official crossfit WOD for today was an untitled workout, consisting of 21 each of 95# front-squats, burpees, […]
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It has been 14 weeks since I started my New Rules of Lifting for Women program (wow, does not seem like that long!) and so far, I am very pleased with the results. I’ve gained some weight (intentionally), but most of that is muscle. I’ve seen strength gains in ways I never thought possible (like being […]
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I’ve been working on my NROLFW program and have been very much into it and loving all of the new workouts and increased strength gains. In the meantime, my boyfriend has been working on a 5×5 program and was looking to add some more variety to his workouts. He started to create a home gym […]
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Stage 3 was the same length as stage 2: 8 total workouts, 4 “A” and 4 “B”. There were more new exercises introduced here which was pretty exciting since I was getting tired of step-ups and lunges! However, it brought some new horrors, including a bodyweight maxtrix, and increased time for planks (up to 90 […]
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