Posts by yogagirl6853

swearimn - Ohhh... nice.  Did your friend's dad give you a diet to follow, or was it just "eat alot and eat protein"?  I think I eat fairly well, not perfect, but I eat as much as I like of mostly fresh foods and I don't restrict... maybe a little more protein would be good.  I pretty much stay the same weight it seems no matter how I eat!

monalisamonkey - No, the nrol programs do not switch every workout, but you are supposed to try to increase the weight each time.  Some of his hypertrophy programs had you switch number of reps and sets each time, so one time was 5 sets of 6, then next time you did that workout, it would be 3 sets of 15.  He had 4 different reps/set schemes and 3 different alternating workouts.  So I think that was enough of a change.  Each program lasts 4-8 weeks.

rosieblue - thanks for the encouragement.  It would be nice to see more for the efforts though!

I will try and post some new pics maybe tomorrow.... and try a little better posing as dabrok suggested and maybe that will help.  The pics I have posted are older and I may have made some progress since then, albeit small.

dabrok - thank you for the link.  I have done NROL hypertrophy I & II programs, but those have lots more volume and different from the link you provided.  I am currently doing strength I out of NROL and will probably go ahead and try the program on your link next! 

Jdunckel - yes I DO only workout 3X a week at most.  Lately, I have to push myself to actually get 3X in a week and I do take a week break every once in a while.  I am not gaining or losing, so calories should be ok.

Thanks.... but as I mentioned... I FINISHED that routine & am on NROL now.

Original Post by jcl76:

Do any females out there do pull ups?? I was proud of my strength, but now I'm starting to wonder if I'm becoming too manly. 

I can do 7 in a row and proud of it!  I don't think I am manly at all and you aren't either.

Thank you liz - that is an appropriate way to say it...  My objection to healthinsin's comment was to the apparent rudeness and hatred of Americans. 

I would never go to another country (or a website from one) and start pointing out  how terrible a people they are.  It is plain old rude.... especially as a thin preson and it coming from an overweight one.

Original Post by healthisinplease:

woooo such a wonderful thing to be proud of!

Puts america in an even worse light than it already is.

lulz

 Offended by the slightest things.  NO - it's your rudeness that's offensive.

One of my favorite articles from whyquit.com - Joel's Library - Joel is ok with anyone copying to help others, just by posting where it came from!  

By Joel:

How do you feel about a friend who has to go everywhere with you? Not only does he tag along all the time, but since he is so offensive and vulgar, you become unwelcome when with him. He has a peculiar odor that sticks to you wherever you go. Others think both of you stink.

He controls you totally. When he says jump, you jump. Sometimes in the middle of a blizzard or storm, he wants you to come to the store and pick him up. You would give your spouse hell if he or she did that to you all the time, but you can't argue with your friend. Sometimes, when you are out at a movie or play he says he wants you to go stand in the lobby with him and miss important scenes. Since he calls all the shots in your life, you go. Your friend doesn't like your choice of clothing either. Instead of politely telling you that you have lousy taste, he burns little holes in these items so you will want to throw them out. Sometimes, he tires of the furniture and gets rid of it too. Occasionally, he gets really nasty and decides the whole house must go.

He gets pretty expensive to support. Not only is his knack of property destruction costly, but you must pay to keep him with you. In fact, he will cost you thousands of dollars over your lifetime. And you can count on one thing, he will never pay you a penny in return.

Often at picnics you watch others playing vigorous activities and having lots of fun doing them. But your friend won't let you. He doesn't believe in physical activity. In his opinion, you are too old to have that kind of fun. So he kind of sits on your chest and makes it difficult for you to breathe. Now you don't want to go off and play with other people when you can't breathe, do you?

Your friend does not believe in being healthy. He is really repulsed by the thought of you living a long and productive life. So every chance he gets he makes you sick. He helps you catch colds and flu. Not just by running out in the middle of the lousy weather to pick him up at the store. He is more creative than that. He carries thousands of poisons with him which he constantly blows in your face. When you inhale some of them, they wipe out cilia in your lungs which would have helped you prevent these diseases.

But colds and flu are just his form of child's play. He especially likes diseases that slowly cripple you—like emphysema. He considers this disease great. Once he gets you to have this, you will give up all your other friends, family, career goals, activities—everything. You will just sit home and caress him, telling him what a great friend he is while you desperately gasp for air.

But eventually your friend tires of you. He decides he no longer wishes to have your company. Instead of letting you go your separate ways, he decides to kill you. He has a wonderful arsenal of weapons behind him. In fact, he has been plotting your death since the day you met him. He picked all the top killers in society and did everything in his power to ensure you would get one of them. He overworked your heart and lungs. He clogged up the arteries to your heart, brain, and every other part of your body. In case you were too strong to succumb to this, he constantly exposed you to cancer causing agents. He knew he would get you sooner or later.

Well, this is the story of your "friend," your cigarette. No real friend would do all this to you. Cigarettes are the worst possible enemies you ever had. They are expensive, addictive, socially unacceptable, and deadly. Consider all this and NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!

Joel

Yeah - I have none....  12 years is a long time.   That is why you look so ripped & I don't!

Original Post by octo-luv:

Original Post by melkor:

You can also do single-leg variants like Bulgarian split squats (which has been known to make grown men quake with fear when I tell them they're on the program for today

yeah tell me about, i have to go do some tonight. those certainly get the heart rate up.

 During my time working out and after finishing NROLFW and some of NROL.... the Bulgarian Split Squat with Overhead press in FLII of NROL was the hardest $^&*(*()_+)*()%%$## exercise I have EVER done!

173 pounds does not sound overweight for 5'10" male.  Maybe you could concentrate more on lifting weights and getting some muscle rather than the scale.  More muscle may help you burn more calories and lose some of the fat..... like more of a body-recomposition.

All of this America bashing is really making me sick.  If we are sooooo bad, then why do all these people from OTHER countries want to live here?  We have all kinds of foreigners living here ---- Indian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Russian, the list goes on. 

OF COURSE we were justified in going after someone who bombed our buildings in the middle of NY!!!  What are we supposed to do... say "hey - come bomb the rest of our buildings - we got lots".??

I workout at home.  When I was doing NROLFW and hubby was doing NROL, he wanted to workout together, but I totally refused!  I didn't want to have to wait for him.  That's the beauty of working out at home!

Good job on getting started!

Your exercise is good as long as you are getting the results you want!  I would suggest more strength training to keep your muscles as you are losing weight (which is more a function of diet anyway).  Maybe you can do a longer strength training using more resistance  every other day instead of your walk/jog.

Following quote by territalk - Copied from another thread..........Wow - in this day and age, this still exists?

"educationphobia? lmao!  I'm not interested in being "politically correct".  I call it as I see it.  Don't agree; it means nothing even if you do."

territalk - Judging by this thread, obviosly you are not interested in being "politically correct".  Your posts are ridiculous!  Even if Suzanne Summers JUNK worked for you, you really don't need to shove it down anyone's throat. 

Maybe you should respect other's opinions just like you want your opinions respected.  Give out what you want.......

Calling names and being so rude, not to mention your articulate vocabulary consisting of a bunch of swear words, is downright....... well - you can fill in the blank better than I.

SLEEPING WITH A PROSTITUTE????   You are not with a "difficult husband" - you are with an A@@ HOLE!  Really - I don't even know why you would question staying. 

Do NOT try marriage counseling - It is NOT you.   If you get counseling - get it for yourself and discover why you would want to be with such a JERK!