New Rules of Lifting for Women

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This group is for those who are following the weight training plan described in The New Rules of Lifting by Lou Schuler. Newbies and veterans are welcome! Post your training logs here, share your progress, and bounce questions off of other members. If you are curious about the program, feel free to peek in and ask us questions!! :)

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Stage 1 Workout B1 - I like this stage better!

posted by koolnkinky on 4:51 am

Well despite being sore from my first NROL workout I did my first B workout last night after work and I have to say I liked this one a lot, lot more than the first. I found the exercises easier to follow therefore easier to get the hang of.
Stage 1 Workout B1
A. Deadlift 2x4kg/15 reps
A. Deadlift 2x4kg/15 reps
B1. Dumbbell Shoulder Press 2x2kg/15 reps
B2. Wide-grip Lat Pulldown level 3/15 reps
B1. Dumbbell Shoulder Press 2x4kg/15 reps
B2. Wide-grip Lat Pulldown level 4/15 reps
C1. Lunge 2x4kg/15 reps each leg
C2. Swiss-ball crunch 8 reps
C1. Lunge 2x4kg/15 reps each leg
C2. Swiss-ball crunch 8 reps
The swiss-ball crunches were way to easy and I know in the book it suggests to hold a plate to your chest to make them harder but I only have access to dumbbells... what's the safest way to make this exercise harder? I was thinking about holding a dumbbell with both hands above my head?

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by valbourgoin on Nov 12, 2009 at 10:59 am

That's exactly what I've been doing for my crunches. I was doing the version on p.220 and added 1x10lbs dumbell to make it more challenging (that would be about 4.5kg for you!) if you read the paragraph called "Infinite quest" on that same page, you will see different variations of crunches to increase your challenge!
Have fun!
Val

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