New Rules of Lifting

New Rules of Lifting: Stage 1

by Mary on February 17, 2012 · 6 comments

This is much overdo, but being as I’m almost clear through New Rules of Lifting Stage 3 already, I wanted to give my thoughts on Stage 1. First of all, the beginning chapters leading up to the actual workouts were captivating to say the least. The authors, Lou Schuler, Cassandra Forsythe M.S., and Alwyn Cosgrove, [...]

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Playing Catch Up

by Mary on January 26, 2012 · 16 comments

So, you may or may not have noticed I’ve been a bit absent from the blog lately.  Not that I don’t want to write long, well thought-out posts…there just hasn’t simply been time to do so.  You all can easily relate. Obviously my days have been busier than that. Regardless, I hate that I’ve been [...]

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Re-acquainting

by Mary on January 8, 2012 · 6 comments

Hey, hey! Michael and I are back in Auburn.  We spent yesterday on the road, quickly went to grab some groceries once getting back into town, and fell fast asleep soon after. Well, he fell asleep.  I stayed wide awake thanks for Chloe’s constant meowing through the night. It’s her homecoming ritual- to howl and [...]

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New Rules of Lifting- Beginning

by Mary on November 8, 2011 · 15 comments

Hellooo there! The morning started with a nice workout.  On the schedule was New Rules of Lifting with a bit of warm-up cardio. I mentioned starting the NROL program a few weeks ago, but I never followed up on the story.  I’d like to document progress, so here’s my starting stats: Beginning measurements (Oct. 17, [...]

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Better late than never

by Mary on October 19, 2011 · 13 comments

I hopped on not one, but two bandwagons recently. The first: So many of you have already picked up copies of New Rules of Lifting for Women and I finally decided to try it out too. I was skeptical at first that this would be worth anything.  There are a ton of “workout this way” [...]

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