[nelie]

OK stupid question and I know I saw it here before but with is NRWL?

[JerseyGirl69]

Originally Posted by Mel

I suspect you are a lot younger than I am, and taller. Good luck

Mel

Me? 38 5'6"

[JerseyGirl69]

Didn't go to the gym this morning. If I don't workout at home tonight, that means I will have only worked out 5 out of 7 days this week. My trainer would be okay with that, but it bothers me.

Currently, my schedule is:
Monday, boot camp 1hr
Tuesday, training 1hr
Wednesday, cardio 1hr or 40 minutes cardio, 20 minutes core
Thursday, training 1hr
Friday, cardio 1 hr or 40 minutes cardio, 20 minutes core
Saturday, training 1hr, cardio 40 minutes, yoga 1hr 15minutes
Sunday, hard core abs 30minutes, cardio 1 hr

I guess 1-2 days off isn't bad, but I always worry it will mean I didn't work out hard enough.

[Meg]

Originally Posted by nelie

OK stupid question and I know I saw it here before but with is NRWL?

Nelie, it's the New Rules of Lifting for Women.

[nelie]

Meg,

Thanks. Awesome cover pic!

[JerseyGirl69]

Little too built for my tastes. Not what I'm going for at all.

[nelie]

Hmm it actually doesn't look all that built to me. If you are flexing with weights and have a decent body fat, I would think that is how it should look? Dunno though.

I'd much prefer that to the flab I do have although I have started to get quite a bit of definition in my upper body.

[JerseyGirl69]

She's got what I call man shoulders. Just above the biceps. That's too much for me. There's a few women at my gym like that.

I'd prefer it to flab sure, but not to something more soft and feminine. I don't mind athletic and defined, just want feminine. However, we'll see when I get there. I may end up more like this because of my natural tendency to being muscular.

Yesterday during training I was almost embarrassed by how strong I am....

[nelie]

Never be embarrassed by how strong you are!

I had men come up to me in the gym telling me how jealous they were about how much weight I could do. The leg presses and back exercises are usually what I got the most comments on. Especially when I was doing over 600 lbs for the leg press

[sportmom]

Hey all, still here, just lying low and enjoying the threads.

[kaw]

On the cover model on NRLW: my immediate reaction was, "OK, but needs better definition, especially in the delts."

My second reaction was, "I wonder if they'd be interested in paying a nearly 40-year old to model for them." (I'd do a back shot, for sure!)

Oh wait, this isn't the vanity thread, is it.

At any rate, I'm just glad they used an athletic model instead of one of those butt-floss wearing, pink dumbbell sporting, I-just-wanna-tone types.

Judgmental? Me? Never ...

Kim

[Meg]

Oh c'mon Kim, don't hold back.

I thought it was a mainstream kind of photo, deliberately picked so as not to scare off the "don't want to lift weights because I'll bulk up" crowd. Undoubtedly the editors agonized over selecting a cover shot that wouldn't look masculine in any way because they know the biggest hurdle to overcome with women and weightlifting is the fear that OMG, I'll look like a man!

Go ahead and post your back and I'll post my 53-year old one, so there!

[nelie]

Remember this photo of Madonna?

http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities..._klein?slide=7

That is a pretty amazing back shot.

I thought the NRLW photo was pretty feminine myself. I wouldn't mistake that for a man any day

[Mel]

Kim, my reaction was exactly the same! OK if this is the result, I don't want this program. Not much definition, and then the vanity reaction: my shoulders bis and back are better Why do we always compare ourselves immediately?

And I'll enter my back, too. After I get the December fat layer off!

Off to do legs and train 2 clients, then cook, cook, cook!

Mel

[elisa822]

I guess it depends where you are in your progress. I love that pic and thought it was a good (not too intimidating) shot.

For all of you who are "better" than that...post your pics and be proud. I'd love to be inspired by someone I "know" than a stranger on a book cover.

Kim - I would have lauged if he would have put in one of the "I just wanna tone" girls, since he mocks them relentlessly in his book!

I didn't have the best workout week but not bad while I was trying to recover from my sore leg and sore butt!! Food was okay, one not so good meal but I'm still focused and hoping for a great January.