Started with Stage 2 of NRoLfA

[lyorn]

I finally managed to get started, after I lost two weeks due to a pulled muscle in my back when lifting a rather *light* thing at a very stupid angle. So of course I *still* did not attempt that one rep max deadlift. I suspect I'm chicken.

Anyway, back at the gym now.

The first attempts were quite wobbly. Those dynamic stabilisation exercises do not look like much, but, holy smurf. This will need practise.

I'm doing the heavy lifts, not the metabolic work, because I want more muscle, and according to the latest measurement I really shouldn't want any less fat. Also, with swimming and bicycling, I feel my metabolism is doing just fine. And heavy lifts are fun.

Though I didn't get up to really heavy yet -- I still need to find the right form.

I also finally lost patience with the short barbell of unknown weight, dragged the scales up to the free weights area and put the damned thing on it. As I suspected, it's 12.5 kg, not the 7.5 that one of the employees had guessed.

Anyway, fun. Hard work, too. Bicycling home was a challenge...