Legs and Glutes takes me back in time!!!!!!!!!

[intensitylisa]

Just wanted to let you know I finished your whole series finishing out with "legs and glutes". This video takes me back to the "Fit and Firm" days! Oh, those ankle weights. I am glad I still have mine! I like the change of pace with the floor work calisthetics ( I hope I spelled that right! It is nice to have a little break from all the barbell squatting (Oh my poor shoulders), I guess I need a pad for my barbell! Love the music. I know you put "Hall and Oates" in there just for me, right? I have a question also, why is it we use the 3 lb. weight to step on during lunges? Does this hit the leg in a different area (calf)? Have a nice day!

 

[DebbieH]

Lisa~Isn't it a great tape? It reminds me a lot of what we do in my classes but let me tell you, it made me soo sore. I did it yesterday for the second time and am feeling it again! I feel the hams are hit more when using the weight under the foot. It seems to really concentrate it in that area for me which is a GOOD thing! :7 I also like the break from the barbell this tape gives but it still hurts so good.
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[roe]

I don't have this series yet so don't know what is meant by "a three pound weight under the foot". However, when analyzing an exercise, the consideration upon determining which muscles are working is the action taking place at the joint during the concentric phase of the exercise - not so much where the external resistance or "props" are placed. So, if you are doing a lunge, the joint action is hip and knee extension of the front leg - glutes and hamstrings at the hip (hams to a lesser extent since they cross both the hip and knee joints) and quads at the knee. The back leg is knee extension - thereby quads.

The hamstrings are a biarticulte muscle - meaning they cross two joints. As such, they are best worked as primary movers when stretched at the knee joint (as in a quarter deadlift where the joint action is hip extension only) or stretched at the hip joint (as in a seated leg curl) where the joint action is knee flexion only.

I am picturing the weight is on the front leg. Stepping on a weight would certainly be more of a balance challenge and would incorporate more hamstring involvement with lesser degrees of knee flexion in the front leg. But I guess I'll have to wait until my DVDs arrive to check this one out!

-Roe

 

[lesliew]

Huh? You lost me after the first sentence. But, it sounds like I finally found a leg workout that I'm actually going to like!

 

[Val C]

LOL and ditto!!! Looking forward to the DVD's!!

 

[DebbieH]

I LOVE this tape! Let me tell you, Cathe doesn't miss a muscle in it. Don't let the lite weights or NO weight fool you! Whewie! The 3# dumbbells is placed underneath the heel of the right foot. You then take your left leg BACK into a lunge and press down 3X and then come forward and lift the left knee up. I THINK there are 8 sets. Then, she does an inner thigh rotuine and then, you reverse legs. There is a lot of balance involved. I feel it bigtime in my ham of the leg that has the dumbbell under the foot as you push thru your heel to bring the other leg up. This is one great tape I will be using over & over!

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