Most recent posts

OK, I know how make it so the most recent posts show. What I want to do is show the five most recent posts minus the very first one (the one that just came off the press, so to speak).

This is the code I have to show the five most recent posts, and it works:

<?php $the_query = new WP_Query('cat=37, 39, 40&showposts=5&orderby=post_date&order=desc');

I just need to edit it so that it doesn’t show the very most recent post. Anyone know how I can achieve this? Thanks.