Cathe....I have a pronounced, high butt that's hereditary so I don't want to lift it anymore of course. I'm also a full figure. I have been purchasing your tapes and wondered if I should not do leg work at all or are there certain exercises I can do? Should I only do your upper body workouts? I'm trying to lose, not bulk and also as mentioned before, do not want to lift my behind. I've noticed in the past when I have used the Firm tapes that does happend but realized I wasn't cross training. I also do not use a high step to avoid the problem. Any advice would be helpful. I've posted this question some time ago on the Firm website and instead of getting a resolution the responses were that I should be happy, etc. I want some advice not praise. This is an attribute I do not like. Thank you in advance for your help.:-(
High butt
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Definitely not Cathe, but wanted to say I've always had a bubble butt. That is, until I started doing Cathe's Gym Style Workouts mixed with Kick Max. I was amazed how these workouts made my butt look as well as my legs. I can definitely understand about the Firm. I gained 3 inches in my hips while doing the Firm, and it looked as if you could sit something on my butt as it was so lifted and big. I no longer have that problem. I lift as heavy as possible with the Gym Style leg workout and it is great. I only use 12 inches for the leg press instead of the 14 that the Firm uses which I think helps along with only doing the leg presses once a week.
Cathe Friedrich
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Hi Sodeba! I would recommend cross training with various activities for both cardio and weight training. Stay away from using heavy weights on exercises such as squats and leg presses. I firmly believe though that squats and leg presses are exercises that provide value for our everyday life and should be incorporated into our weekly routine (unless you have a condition and or bad back, knees, etc. where a doctor has told you to specifically stay away from these exercises). Even though these exercises have a reputation for building a nice round derierre, I would say in your case to still do them but in moderation and with NO ADDITIONAL WEIGHT at all. This is so that you still maintain the functional benefits of the exercise without the additional well rounded assets ;-).
Some modifications to consider.....if biking, keep on flat surfaces and avoid high hill climbing. If doing step, stay with 4 or 6 inch heights rather than doing 8 inches. When doing hi/lo activities, keep your plyometric lunge and jump moves to a minimum. When weight training, as mentioned above, keep the weights light on lunging and squatting moves. You can still do leg presses but use your own body weight and just do one or two sets of about 16 per side and keep your risers to a 10 to 12 inch step height. Brisk walking mixed with bouts of casual running for about 45 minutes (no sprinting as this calls upon fast twitch muscles)is a nice way to keep the legs fit without over developing the butt too.
Hope this helps
Some modifications to consider.....if biking, keep on flat surfaces and avoid high hill climbing. If doing step, stay with 4 or 6 inch heights rather than doing 8 inches. When doing hi/lo activities, keep your plyometric lunge and jump moves to a minimum. When weight training, as mentioned above, keep the weights light on lunging and squatting moves. You can still do leg presses but use your own body weight and just do one or two sets of about 16 per side and keep your risers to a 10 to 12 inch step height. Brisk walking mixed with bouts of casual running for about 45 minutes (no sprinting as this calls upon fast twitch muscles)is a nice way to keep the legs fit without over developing the butt too.
Hope this helps