Brief Introduction

Hello, and welcome. I’m mostly keeping this blog to help me keep track of my progress, but thought that at the same time this could help anyone who’s been thinking of doing the New Rules of Lifting workout to get an idea of what it’s like. Or maybe this’ll help someone who’s going through the workout compare whether they’re experiencing the same thing.

Some background:

• 37 years old; husband; father of two; software dude (so i sit on my butt all day); never was an athlete growing up (excluding three years of Olympic Style Taekwondo from 2001-2004).
• Started lifting February 2007. Flailed around for a couple of months following a cookie-cutter workout the gym’s trainer had given me. Finally started following the Home Grown Muscle workout in May. Continued on HGM through phase 5. I injured myself sometime in November and finished off 2007 with no exercise – none – the last six weeks.

Some Statistics:

• Height: 6ft tall
• Weight:
  • Nov 2006: 205lbs 25% body fat (according to scale)
  • Feb 2007: 169lbs (lost 36lbs on diet alone) 17%bf (scale)
  • Nov 2007: 187lbs, 18%bf (scale) 14.8%bf (according to calipers)
  • Dec 31 2007 (first day of NROL): 188.4lbs, 20%bf (scale), 16.8%bf (calipers)

So here I go. I’m going to follow the Lifter#3 program in the book. The first step to any program is the Break-In so I’m doing that first. I’ll be working out 3 times per week.