Cathe! Please, please help!

jldgottarun

jldgottarun

Cathlete
Hi Cathe,
I love, love, love everything that you put out. I totally appreciate all the research and science that you put into all of your creations. With that in mind, can you please, please, please tell me what the best way would be to lean out my legs? I have totally redefined my arms through metabolic training, lots of core work, and tabata. My cardio always includes muscle conditioning (pushups, planks,etc.) and I think this has really made the difference in sculpting my arms, that along with a super clean diet (I am very strict with my diet). I have thick, thick legs, and although muscular, they have a layer of cellulite on them. I am thinking your new Crossfire and To the Max will help, as they both contain a lot of powerful leg moves. Today I did Triple Tabata (Crossfire) followed by 30/20 HiiT (To the Max). That felt like it would do the job, however I don't think that whole combo would be something I'd enjoy doing more than once a week. Any suggestions on the very best way to lean out my legs the way that I have done with my arms? Thank you! You are simply the best. ~Jodi
 
Not Cathe (obviously), but I'm doing a rotation of the 2 new workouts, 1 day strength, 1 day spinning and 1 day yoga. I have muscular legs with some cellulite. I'm in week 3 of this rotation and pretty sure I'm starting to see noticeable differences in my legs. I doubt I'll ever have the lean, sexy legs that I'd love to have, but am liking the results thus far. Also noticed changes with LIS.

Interested in hearing what others have done to lean out in this area.
 
horsing around said:
Not Cathe (obviously), but I'm doing a rotation of the 2 new workouts, 1 day strength, 1 day spinning and 1 day yoga. I have muscular legs with some cellulite. I'm in week 3 of this rotation and pretty sure I'm starting to see noticeable differences in my legs. I doubt I'll ever have the lean, sexy legs that I'd love to have, but am liking the results thus far. Also noticed changes with LIS.

Interested in hearing what others have done to lean out in this area.
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This sounds like a good rotation! Keep us posted on your results.
 
Hey there! Cathe just posted this the other day in response to another similar question. It's in this forum down below... Here's what Cathe said:


"Hi Che0013! We all have a unique set of genes that our parents gave us that strongly influences how our body responds to diet and exercise over the course of our lives. You are still very young to know if the "saddle bags" will be a long term genetic situation that you always have to work hard at or not. These types of issues usually begin to expose themsleves later in life (25 years of age and over). When you are young, like yourself, your body is usually still well equipped with the hormones and "right stuff" it needs to address just about any fitness and diet challenge it faces (assuming there is no underlying illness).

With that said, I think if you work your legs two times a week from various angles that you will start to see a noticeable difference within three weeks and better results with each following week as long as you continue to challenge your leg muscles in new ways so that your muscles are always being challenged.

For your food intake, at each meal try to eat a lean source of protein about the size of the palm of your hand, tons of dark green veggies along with other nutritious veggies, and a healthy grain such as brown rice instead of white rice or have a sweet potato in place of a plain potato.

For snacks you can eat seeds, nuts, fruits and yogurt....all very healthy choices.

For leg workouts, I have the following that I think will be great for you: Choose a couple for variety and slowly include the others in your collection when your body gets too used to the ones you are doing...

Butts and Guts
Lower Body Blast
Turbo Barre
Legs and Glutes
4 Day Split Kickbox (entire workout)
Leaner legs


Walk or run two times a week for 20 to 30 minutes in addition to this and do some light upper body weights to round out your program.

If I were to pick out the best DVD's to get you started, here is what I would suggest:

Monday: Walk or Run 20 to 30 minutes... (for cardio)
Tues: Butts and Guts ........................(for lower body and core)
Wed: Off............................................(for rest and recover)
Thurs: Turbo Barre ............................(for legs and upper body)
Fri: Walk or Run 30 minutes...................(for cardio)
Sat: off.............................................(for rest and recover)
Sun: 4 Day Split Kickbox.....................(for cardio, legs and core)

For the first three weeks, leave the leg work out of the 4 Day split Kickbox workout only, then on week four you can add them in and do 4 Day Split in its entirety.

Good Luck!"
 
jldgottarun, when I read your post I thought wow, thats me to a tee! I know I have some pretty good muscle definition in my legs but they is a nasty layer of fat that no matter what I do I can't get rid of the darn stuff and it's so frustrating cause I work my a** off and eat clean too.
 
Thank you for your input. I am going to try doing disc work from High Reps and STS Total Body several times per week in addition to my regular workouts. I feel like that will help, and I will let you know. Circuit Blast (from Shock Cardio series) seems to have a lot of leg work. (I pulled it out this morning) and I plan on doing that tomorrow. I am determined to lose this stubborn layer of flab!!!! Ugh!
 
Jodi,

I'm a pear-shape with stubborn cellulite as well. I have good news and bad. Good news is that I have lost several inches in the thigh/butt region. Bad news is that my cellulite has improved, but it will never totally disappear. I have come to accept this, and realize that to get the body you want, you have to love the body you have :). Shapely thighs and a big booty ain't so bad ;)

What I found to be helpful was a combination of plyo, STS, Low Impact Series, and Cathe's lower body rotations. Actually, all of Cathe's lower body workouts are EXCELLENT in toning the thighs/butt. And don't be afraid to go heavy with the weights. Contrary to popular belief, this will not make you "bulky" (well, in my case it did just the opposite). I'm a huge fan of heavy strength training now for my lower body. The barbell and weighted vest are my best friends :D. Eating clean of course, will maximize your results.

Good luck!

Natasha
 
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