NROL4W Training Charts- Huh??

[Tinyblu]

I consider myself relatively smart, but I am having trouble understanding exactly how to read these workout charts...

Are workouts 1 and 2 WEEKS one and 2?

or do you go all the way through the exercise A section, progress to section B and so forth on one day?

I got the part about doing Workout A one day, rest a day, then do workout B...

All that workout 1,2,3, 4 business threw me off...

Sorry for the silly question. I'm new at this!!!

[Tinyblu]

Another silly question: When do you incorporate the "special workout" stuff?

I'm assuming that you go all the way through Exercise A (two sets of squats at 15 reps each) then follow that with a "to failure" set? At what weight?

[cynthia_waz]

Another silly question: When do you incorporate the "special workout" stuff?

I'm assuming that you go all the way through Exercise A (two sets of squats at 15 reps each) then follow that with a "to failure" set? At what weight?

In Stage 1, you do Workout A 8 times and Workout B 8 times
i labeled them as Workout A1, Workout B1, etc. so my workout journal looks like this

day 1 Workout A1
day 2 Rest
day 3 Workout B1
day 4 Rest
day 5 Workout A2
day 6 Rest
day 7 Rest
day 8 Workout B2
day 9 rest
day 10 Workout A3
etc etc
make sense?

After you do each workout 8 times, you do the two 'special workouts' with the weights that you used on Workout A1 and Workout B1

[Tinyblu]

In Stage 1, you do Workout A 8 times and Workout B 8 times
i labeled them as Workout A1, Workout B1, etc. so my workout journal looks like this

day 1 Workout A1
day 2 Rest
day 3 Workout B1
day 4 Rest
day 5 Workout A2
day 6 Rest
day 7 Rest
day 8 Workout B2
day 9 rest
day 10 Workout A3
etc etc
make sense?

After you do each workout 8 times, you do the two 'special workouts' with the weights that you used on Workout A1 and Workout B1

Got it... thanks!

[cynthia_waz]

Got it... thanks!

i had to read that part twice too. i couldn't figure the chart out in the book, so i bought a separate journal. after i spent a few bucks on the journal, i figured the charts out. oh well.
now i know for when i start the original NROL in a few months.
i hope you enjoy the workout! i LOVE it!!

[carajean]

I was just about to ask the same question but didnt want to seem foolish. Even though personally Im thinking of changing that because it seems so slow.

[cynthia_waz]

I was just about to ask the same question but didnt want to seem foolish. Even though personally Im thinking of changing that because it seems so slow.

it does seem slow - but i am already making strength gains. don't give up! it's only 6 months!

[carajean]

it does seem slow - but i am already making strength gains. don't give up! it's only 6 months!

No I wasnt giving up but still do split days twice a week. Im gonna look at stage 2 and see if I cant just skip stage 1. I like working out 5 times a week.