right for me? I'm a pear, and I don't want to add bulk or size to my thighs. Just tone and definition. I ordered this DVD today after reading all of the great posts about it, especially Upper Body, but am considering sub-bing the Leg workout with something else like PLB or L&G. Any advice?
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You definitely can sub the lower body section with the PLB or leaner Legs. I don't know whether you will bulk or not. When doing Slow & Heavy Legs I never saw any increase in size in my legs, only in strength. I guess the muscle can become more dense. I definitely saw increase in size of my upper body, however, and probably this is because my upper body is so much weaker, it responded naturally to slow overload, but my lower body is always stronger, so it needed more than a 50 pound barbell that SLow & Heavy legs can provide.
So I used to mix both the S&H legs and PLB together to make the ultimate leg workout for me: this one tired every muscle!
So, you see you really can play with it as you want. And really only trial and error will tell you how your body responds to the S&H legs.
Clare
So I used to mix both the S&H legs and PLB together to make the ultimate leg workout for me: this one tired every muscle!
So, you see you really can play with it as you want. And really only trial and error will tell you how your body responds to the S&H legs.
Clare
I literally blended both of them together into the same workout session. So, I started with PLB step ups, and used them as a pre-fatigue exercise for the S&H first exercises which I believe is squats. Then I moved on to the second PLB exercise, lunges, and used them as a pre- fatigue exercise for the next S&H exercise, which is also lunges. And I continued like this throughout both workouts. Note that I did standing work only: I do not like the floor work on PLB. Note also that using PLB as the pre-fatigue exercises meant I did not need to include the pre-fatige exercises Cathe has incorporated into S&H already.
The effect: The PLB as pre-fatigue makes the workout harder than the S&H as is with its own pre-fatige exercises. It absolutely worked each muscle to the max.
I really like the slow pace of the S&H legs workout, but the 50 pound barbell just wasn't enough to really work the lower body as I wanted, so I experimented!
When you are feeling good and strong, give it a go! And come and let me know how it went!!!!
Clare ;-)
The effect: The PLB as pre-fatigue makes the workout harder than the S&H as is with its own pre-fatige exercises. It absolutely worked each muscle to the max.
I really like the slow pace of the S&H legs workout, but the 50 pound barbell just wasn't enough to really work the lower body as I wanted, so I experimented!
When you are feeling good and strong, give it a go! And come and let me know how it went!!!!
Clare ;-)
Additional thought:
what is advised for pears is usually endurance based lower body workouts done regularly. Some articles I have read suggest you can work the loer body every day or every second day if a pear, that what pear's respond to best is the regular working of those muscles.
However, if you make some of your cardio workouts circuit ones like Power Circuit, where leg weights work comes after every cardio blast segment, then this would count as weights work for the lower body in an endurance setting and would help a lot to slim down the lower half. I think rather than actual weight training sessions for the lower half, this latter option would be my recommendation and certainly more interesting. Plyometrics also do wonders for lower body, interval type training, certainly IMAX with all it's 1 minute power scissors and 1 minute plyo jacks would work wonders!
Clare
what is advised for pears is usually endurance based lower body workouts done regularly. Some articles I have read suggest you can work the loer body every day or every second day if a pear, that what pear's respond to best is the regular working of those muscles.
However, if you make some of your cardio workouts circuit ones like Power Circuit, where leg weights work comes after every cardio blast segment, then this would count as weights work for the lower body in an endurance setting and would help a lot to slim down the lower half. I think rather than actual weight training sessions for the lower half, this latter option would be my recommendation and certainly more interesting. Plyometrics also do wonders for lower body, interval type training, certainly IMAX with all it's 1 minute power scissors and 1 minute plyo jacks would work wonders!
Clare