NROL: Any Questions?

// posted February 12, 2011 by Lou Schuler

Because if you turn it 45 degrees, it looks like a different book!

February 3, to my complete surprise, turned out to be one of the most interesting days of my publishing career. The previous weekend, my friend Nick Bromberg interviewed me for this article. As you can see if you click through, it’s on a Yahoo! blog called Training Day, which is part of a new section in Yahoo! Sports called The Postgame.

It went up on The Postgame early Wednesday morning, February 2. Then it migrated to the Yahoo! front page Wednesday evening. That’s when the fun began.

When I woke up Thursday morning, NROL for Abs was up to #10 on Amazon. The previous best was #41 on the book’s release date. By the end of the day, it was …

 

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

 

The other two NROL books had a big day as well, culminating in this alignment in the Exercise & Fitness category:

Best day ever for the NROL franchise

 

 

When you have a day like that, how do you thank readers? Short answer: We can’t. But we can make ourselves available to answer any questions you have.

Here’s the deal: On Wednesday, February 16, from 6-7 p.m. Eastern, Alwyn and I will host a live conference call, with the goal of answering as many of your questions as we can.

To get the call-in number, sign up for my email list — the form is in the upper-left-hand corner of this page. I’ll send out the number a day or two before the call. If you miss the live call, we’ll make the recording available as soon as we can.

Meanwhile, please send along any NROL-related questions you have for Alwyn and me. You can post them here, send them to me via email, or post them at the NROL for Abs forum at JP Fitness.

Thanks for everything, and I hope you’re on the call with us on Wednesday!

UPDATE: The audio is now available at this link. (I tried to embed it in a new post, but my site isn’t having any of that!)


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  • http://theladylifts.wordpress.com DD

    Congratulations!

    I recently started NROLFW (and am blogging about my experience) and have really enjoyed the program and the fun, well-written text. So as far as I can tell, your place on that list is well-deserved.

  • Leslie Spencer

    Well, this is just great news! It made me so happy to hear that the book is doing this well. I’ll be in my car from 6 – 7pm on Wednesday (in Jersey, where it’s illegal to talk on the cell) or I would call in. All I can say is that you are a “good egg”, as they said in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and I love to see good things happen to good people. What goes around, comes around, you know?

  • http://www.louschuler.com Lou Schuler

    Thanks DD and Leslie!

  • http://malepatternfitness.com Andrew Heffernan

    Congratulations, and much deserved, Lou!

  • Donna

    I loved NROL4W. A few months ago I hurt my back–herniated a disk at L4/L5. It is mostly healed now. Can I still do the moves in your books? My PT says it should be okay as long as I don’t hold the Oly bar on my back for squats–use dumbells instead. Since ruptured disks are a really common problem, I was hoping you could comment on your experience with clients with similar injuries doing this type of lifting. THanks!

  • Ramsey Doran

    well, drat. I didn’t sign up for this until today and here I sit at 5 p.m. CDT with no contact number. I’ve used the book for over two years with great results but have a couple of important (to me, anyway) questions. Hate that I missed this opportunity but hope there is another chance. I appreciate you and Alwyn taking the time to deal with all of us goddesses.

  • http://www.louschuler.com lou Schuler

    Donna, Alwyn and I discussed your question about 38 minutes into the call.

    I’m working now to get the audio uploaded to this site so everyone can listen to it.

    Ramsey, I’m sorry you missed the call, but I’ll make the mp3 available as soon as I figure out how to do it.

  • http://www.louschuler.com Lou Schuler

    The audio is now available here: http://snd.sc/gsYvt0

  • http://www.committostayfit.com/ beachbody coaches

    No.2??? Wow, cogratulations! Go for number 1!

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