A hard body.

[fitmum]

Dear Cathe its great to hear that your almost recovered from your injury.

Im trying to get a hard body and wentto go to the gym this week so that I could add more weight on the machines just for my legs, as my upper body is too weak to get the barbel on my shoulders with enough weight to really work them as you do, I found that on the machines[leg press I think] I found I could squat with a lot of weight about 65 to 70 pounds using your slow and heavy technique to finish off the last reps. I was sore for four days,}( and am going to purchase a squat stand/rack, so I can squat right along with you in my dvd's.

My question is how often should I go really heavy in my leg work outs with that amount of weight[65 to 70] once every two/three weeks? as I know in the Dvd's that you use 40 pounds[wich I still cant lift to my shoulders hence, the squat stands] Im working hard to build my upper body strenght with slow and heavy, and pyrimid upper body and pure strength and I am making strenghth gains at last.

Thanks Cathe I love your Dvd's they have helped transform my body and health.

I love you Fitmum.
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[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Fitmum! I'm happy to hear that you have found a safe way to increase the intensity of your leg workouts. I can hear how excited you are too. That's great!

As far as how often to train your legs with heavy weight, I would not recommend working your legs more than one to two times per week. Try to put two to three days between your leg workouts too.

The first time you do anything new and challenging to your body, you'll be the sorest of all. It is quite normal for you to be sore for a full four days (sometimes you can still feel soreness beyond four days) after this initial workout. But chances are the next time you do it you will NOT be AS sore again (unless of course you don't do it again for another two or three weeks). And after your third leg workout you'll feel even less discomfort since your body is now beginning to adapt to the workout.

Regardless of the weight amount, if you are able to complete 8 to 12 reps per one to three sets safely with proper form, you can do this workout one to two times per week with a few days rest between leg workouts (as mentioned above).

Take care and train safely!