Re: Strong Legs

[Missthang]

Hi everyone ;o)

I've been doing a Pure Strengh rotation for four weeks; it ends Sunday. In the past four weeks I've notice my entire body appears thicker, especially my thighs, woe momma....which is a great thing. I'm pear shape and carry most of my weight in lower..hip, thighs & butt.

I've also notice a leaner appearance as well. However my pants are much tighter. I'm going too start another 4 week PS rotation, making it a totally of 8 weeks. My rotation usually goes somthing like this:

M: PS chest shoulders triceps back & biceps
T: strong legs & abs
W: cardio of choice..
Th: rest
F: Imax PS (floorwork) abs
S: am: 60 or 90 minutes treadmill interval jog/walk
pm: Strong Legs & abs
S: PS chest shoulders triceps back & biceps

My question is this, I want leaner thighs, and muscular thighs, should I continue with this rotation for another four weeks, or should I add more cardio. Oh too, when doing SLegs I usually go heavy each time. I'm up too hm...anywhere between 60 & 70 lbs for squats, 45lbs static lunges, dead lift etc.. Arm routines usually I lift between 25 to 35 lbs.

Are my weights to heavy? could that be why I'm bulking. Bulking is not a bad thing. But I do like slipping into size 6's. And now, my 8's that use to be too big fits. And my 6's well....some are to too tight others don't fit. Any suggestions welcome

Missthang

 

[getnfit@38]

Hi Missthang,
I too love to lift heavy for my lower body, and what I found was that I was building some tremendously strong legs (I could feel the hardest muscle underneath the layer(s) of fat), but my legs weren't leaning out, just getting more muscular. So through experimentation, I found that if I dropped down just 10# (dropped from 60#bb to using a 50#bb)for my leg workouts and did at least 5 days of cardio, my legs maintained the muscle but they really began to trim down. I also juggled my weekly lower body workouts a bit, doing 2 heavy lift days with 50#bb (PS-SL&A or MIS) and 1 endurance workout for my legs (PowerHour, CTX power circuit or Firm: Standing Legs) using only a 40#bb.
And like I said, I've managed to maintain the muscle, and trim them down at the same time.
Donna

 

[prfitness]

I don't really have any concrete suggestions but I thought I would share how I used PS and what results I got. I came off a PS rotation last week and was absolutely amazed at how it had leaned me out all over. All the flab on my back has disappeared and I have come down a dress size. I did go as heavy as I possibly could with the weights (30lbs with the barbell for squats and 15lbs for arm routines) and I did a bit more cardio (3x60 min workouts per week). I sometimes threw in an extra 30 mins of cardio after PS BBA. I also did PS only once a week. So perhaps staying heavy with weights but doing a little more cardio might make a difference?