Lean Legs and Abs

Roxie 1965

Roxie 1965

Cathlete
I usually dread leg days I just don't enjoy working legs and I have been pretty bad about abs lately so I decided to try this workout today and I have to say I absolutely loved this one there is no dread and the ab section is totally doable this one is going to be my favorite leg and ab workout.
 
Roxie 1965 said:
I usually dread leg days I just don't enjoy working legs and I have been pretty bad about abs lately so I decided to try this workout today and I have to say I absolutely loved this one there is no dread and the ab section is totally doable this one is going to be my favorite leg and ab workout.
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I'm doing this again either tomorrow or Wed. I like the fact that Cathe did 2 different lower body workouts. You really feel a difference from one to the other. I dread chest and back days. I love leg day!!!!
 
I did this workout for the first time today. I, too, dread leg days. But, I enjoyed this workout. I like the minimal equipment, balance moves and floor exercises.
This is a great addition to Cathe's other lower body workouts.
The core work is very good too.
 
Not feeling it

Maybe because I've only done it once, but I didn't really feel it in my quads. Granted, I have knee issues so I can't go as deep in the front and diagonal lunges. But even with the one legged squat where you kind of lean forward in the squat, my quads didn't burn.
The only time I felt my quads on fire was the floor work and the leg extensions. I wish we had done more of those. But I do like the workout.
 
JULSCARVER said:
Maybe because I've only done it once, but I didn't really feel it in my quads. Granted, I have knee issues so I can't go as deep in the front and diagonal lunges. But even with the one legged squat where you kind of lean forward in the squat, my quads didn't burn.
The only time I felt my quads on fire was the floor work and the leg extensions. I wish we had done more of those. But I do like the workout.
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It might be because of the light weights you should try going heavier.:D Although it will be difficult to go too heavy because she is also working your upper body as well. I am just using this workout for cardio you should use one of her other heavy lower body workouts if going heavier with the weights don't work.:D
 
I had the same problem as JULSCARVER--I didn't feel it. I really enjoyed it, it was a fun workout, but it felt more intermediate level. I did use the same weights as Cathe so I will go heavier next time, but my concern with that is how fast the workout moves. It would be hard to go "heavy." I'm thinking I might try it with a weighted vest and 10 poun dumbbells. I didn't feel (at least with the 8 pound weights) it qualified as a cardio workout either.

I will say I felt it in my quads when we got to the standing chair work with the dumbbell held on the quad--that was painful for me. So was the floor work with the firewalker--that was pretty intense, too. I used a green firewalker for everything in this workout. In the future I think I will use the blue firewalker for the first/standing part but stick with the green firewalker for the mat work.

I really enjoyed the core work, too.
 
:( oh no! Here I was, thinking my legs must just have got soooo much stronger, but it turns out the w/o is a little easier than some :p
I'm going to go heavier next time, too. Great Glutes gave me a better burn.
 
when I did it, I went heavier and did not do the upper body. I did not do any overhead presses and the one where you put your weights down and cross back. I did not stand all the way up, I did a low squat then went to the next side. Even without doing any upper body but going heavier, my heartrate still got up. I also loved with firewalker part, but the part on the floor was killer for me, esp the second side. I'll be alternating side to start with here.
 
Hi all

Yeah I am loving this new workout series. Did Knockout Rockout yesterday and today was Lean Legs and abs. I really enjoyed the bonus barre section of this workout. Also the music is fab. Question is what shall I do tomorrow lol. Has to be cardio, so I may try one of the new step workouts.

Laura
 
I just finished this with the barre work, plus I added the bonus barre from GG (which is only about 6 min.) and loved it! I could really fell my quads by the end. I topped it off with X10 LI, which has more leg work in it. LL&A is another winner for me!
 
Fembot40 said:
I just finished this with the barre work, plus I added the bonus barre from GG (which is only about 6 min.) and loved it! I could really fell my quads by the end. I topped it off with X10 LI, which has more leg work in it. LL&A is another winner for me!
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I did a similar LLA/GG combo yesterday and it was great .

If you want to really get the most out of LLA, I recommend that you do some leg-intensive cardio first. Tuesday, I did Pedal Power, then Hiit 30/30 (skipped the warm up), and finished w/LLA & the GG Chair bonus. Pedal Power was burning my quads so I had pre-exhausted them before I got to LLA.

Also, I found that the more you do LLA, the better you get at focusing on engaging the right muscles since you know what's coming. I'm still finding those curtsey lunges/overhead presses a little awkward but going down to 5lb dumbbells just for that one exercise helps a lot. With time, the muscle memory will develop, especially since those are also in FlexTrain.
 
Here's another little gem.....the standing portion of LL@A combined with Total Body Trisets lower body....Whew!!!!:D
 
Adding a weighted vest will allow you to go heavier with the legs but still keep the weights light in your hands. This is what I do and it works great!
 
with flex train...

So I did flextrain this afternoon (2pm). Did LL@A, (10pm, I work nights so have an odd schedule) including the barre work. Felt it MUCH more in my quads this time. I suspect the legs were quasi exhausted from the flextrain, so the exercises were able to tire out my legs?
 
JULSCARVER said:
So I did flextrain this afternoon (2pm). Did LL@A, (10pm, I work nights so have an odd schedule) including the barre work. Felt it MUCH more in my quads this time. I suspect the legs were quasi exhausted from the flextrain, so the exercises were able to tire out my legs?
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This is almost how I tried out these 2 workouts the first time. I did LL&A in the evening and did FT the next morning. I was feeling my quads by the end of the day. I'm enjoying these new dvd's so much and even more now with doing them 2 to 3 times now.
 
thumbs up

I got my videos on Monday but had a half marathon on tap for Saturday so I was holding off on doing any.( Did Flex) I did LLA today and wasn't sure if it was a smart idea the day after my run, but it was perfect. I might be kicking myself tomorrow but I liked the new moves and the non-dread factor.
 
valdavis said:
I got my videos on Monday but had a half marathon on tap for Saturday so I was holding off on doing any.( Did Flex) I did LLA today and wasn't sure if it was a smart idea the day after my run, but it was perfect. I might be kicking myself tomorrow but I liked the new moves and the non-dread factor.
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Good Luck in your half, I decide mine just isn't going to happen, I'm not satisfied to just jog through one, and I'm definitely not ready to run through one. :p

Hopefully there will be a next time. ;)
 
valdavis said:
I got my videos on Monday but had a half marathon on tap for Saturday so I was holding off on doing any.( Did Flex) I did LLA today and wasn't sure if it was a smart idea the day after my run, but it was perfect. I might be kicking myself tomorrow but I liked the new moves and the non-dread factor.
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Oh wait did I misread that? so you already had your half? If so, how'd it go?

I did LLA for the second time Saturday and got it so much better, my legs were talking to me, big time!
 
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