Lower Body ...

[Fitness-Mom]

I was curious to see how many use only their body weight for their lower body workouts?

I am considering this, it seems like my thighs got bigger, not smaller this past month.

What were you results?

TIA


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[JenL13]

Jennifer- I have the same problem with my thigs gaining muscle very quickly & getting too bulky for my taste. I am coping below a reply I had posted in another thread a while back about this, hope this helps. I would say avoid the high step and only do step once a week-the only workout that I have been doing lately that uses the step is Drill Max & that is minimal use of it. I also do HSTA cardio/lower body premix a couple times a month- it has lots of leg presses and a good butt lifter but again I only do it about twice a month.



Lately I've been doing KPC, Drill Max, B&G, Kick Max w/ blasts first, Interval Max, Cross Train Express, L&G-2nd half that doesn't use high step from Cathe

Other non-Cathe workouts:
Powerstrikes 1 & 2 -LOVE these
Slim Series
Power 90 Master Series (Plyo legs & cardio intervals my favs)
Power Half Hour- Bun Shaper & thigh toner
Tamilee Webbs Cardio Blast
Cindy Whitmarsh Ultimate Fat Burner-very good when short on time but still want a good workout (www.ultrafitnutrition.com)

 

[adygruner]

Hi Jennifer,

Have you been lifting very heavy weights? What I would probably do is stick to endurance-type workouts for your lower body (i.e. higher reps, lower weight)for the next little while and see how that goes. If you still feel that the added resistance makes your thighs bigger I would recommend a type of functional strenght training for legs that I do when I'm preparing for marathons: If you find a hill that's about 400-600 meters long and pretty steep, you should do several repeats of sprinting up and either walking or jogging down. This is fantastic for strenghthening your legs without bulking them, not to mention the unbelievable cardio workout you get from this. Make sure you do a warm-up jog for at least 15 min. before starting your repeats, and try not to slow down towards the top of the hill. Just give it all you've got and you'll be amazed at the results. Start out at 4-5 repeats and work your way up to 10-12.

Take care,

Ady