Archive for August, 2008
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FullBar and Dr. Michael A. Snyder, MD, FACS
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I am continuously looking for food that I can snack on in between my main meals. I have tried all types of bars, nuts, fruits, etc. Fruits usually hold me over okay, but I never feel full. Luckily I was contacted a few weeks ago by a PR firm that wanted me to try out some new bars. Their pitch was that the bar had been created by a leading weight loss surgeon. That immediately got my attention. I was then sent over some FullBars a week later.
As soon as I opened up the USPS box I was impressed. The packaging for the FullBar was top notch. The package came with reading material about the FullBar, its story, and its founder. FullBar was created by Dr. Michael A. Snyder, MD, FACS. As a leading weight loss surgeon, he knows his share of health and weight loss information.
So the whole point behind FullBar is to feel full, so that you don’t overeat. I like that idea. After being blown away by the sleekness of the bar packaging, it reminded me of Pepperidge Farms cookies packaging, I proceeded to taste one. It was good. Not like those other bars that are tasteless and bitter. That was my first bite. It was a small test. The next day I ate a bar for breakfast, with some water. The taste reminded me of a rice cake, but a whole lot better and less bland. They come in 4 different flavors, chocolate being one of them.
What happened next was pretty surprising. I am usually hungry by about 10 am, even after eating breakfast. But not that day. I was full! I wasn’t even hungry when lunch time came around, but of course I ate to fuel my body. So the FullBar actually did what it said it would do, keep me feel so that I don’t overeat. That was proof enough for me. Plus, each bar only contains about 180 calories (for a full breakdown of the nutrition facts visit the site).
I think FullBar is going to start being distributed around various health stores and retail locations in the U.S. They are currently available for sale on their web site and I recently saw a commercial on TV. I thought it was cool and DVRed the commercial for my wife to see. She was impressed that a company that was advertising on television had representatives that were in contact with me.
Give FullBar’s website a visit and read up. They have a lot of useful health information that anyone interested in weight loss could benefit from.
This is an article from FatManUnleashed.com’s Healthy Weight Loss and Fitness Blog.
FullBar and Dr. Michael A. Snyder, MD, FACS
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Fitness Health Network, Health Ranker, and Sorry
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My Apologies
I just want to apologize for the few hundred folks that received a bombardment of posts. I switched from one RSS feed burner to another causing it to send out the last few posts all at once. My bad. As you can see, the count on my feedburner chicklet has not been updated.
Health Ranker
It’s been a long time since I updated on the status of Health Ranker. I launched this social media site focused on health back around March 2008 and it has really done well so far. I appreciate the support it has received from the health blogging community. I have some site enhancements planned for the next few months. I’ve made some great contacts and things are looking pretty promising.
I use the site to get inspiration for posts and to keep up to date on health news. As the enhancements are made it will continue to blossom into a top health news destination.
Feel free to visit the site and submit your health blog posts, videos, and those from around the web.
Fitness Health Network
It’s been a really long day, and I still need to do some cardio, so I am going to keep this short and share some posts from the Fitness Health Network.
Weight Ladder writes about Natural Remedies.
NCN write about Debt Reduction and Weight Loss.
Mr. Low Body Fat posts his Fat Loss Inspirational Story.
Lazy Man covers Common Female Strength Training Misconceptions.
Journal of Healthy Living takes a Bike Ride.
Get Fit Slowly talks about Fat Free and Half & Half.
This is an article from FatManUnleashed.com’s Healthy Weight Loss and Fitness Blog.
Fitness Health Network, Health Ranker, and Sorry
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Missed My Weigh-In This Week
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I totally forgot that I had to weigh-in Monday morning. I’m used to my weekly weigh-ins being on Wednesdays, so when I woke up this morning I went about my business. I finally remembered halfway through the day and decided that it would be best to just skip this week. I don’t want to mess with the equilibrium of my morning weigh-ins (it’s a personal mental thing). I plan on hopping on the scale next Monday, and will hopefully be sub 300 lbs.
Speaking of which, I didn’t feel lighter on my feet last week. I do feel better in my clothes, they feel a bit looser. I happened to wear some jeans that I hadn’t worn in a while and they felt really baggy. That was a good feeling. A really good feeling actually. The last time I felt that feeling was when I got back home after 3 months of boot camp and wore my favorite pair of jeans. They felt way too big, but I wore them anyway.
I took a couple of days off from working out last week, but plan on making up for it this week. I was speaking to a runner friend of mine and told him that I plan on kicking it up a notch in the running department. He has given me a beginner’s marathon training running workout that I have been following and want to move up to the next level soon. I want to make him proud.
Lastly, my cousin left me hanging on Saturday. He didn’t even call me to let me know he wasn’t coming. I left him a message and he failed to return my call. I hope he doesn’t think I am mad at him and avoiding me because of it. I really do want to help him, and myself, so I plan on giving him a call later this week to motivate him.
Peace out!
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Missed My Weigh-In This Week
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Health Insurance: A Brief Overview
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While many of us are fortunate enough to have a job that comes with benefits, including company-subsidized health insurance, there are many of us who work in non-traditional jobs, for small businesses, or who are self employed. For everyone, no matter the status of their employment, health insurance is a necessary expense.
There are many reasons to purchase health insurance: to off-set the cost of prescription pills, to pay for treatment for chronic conditions, such as asthma, to cover the cost of maternity and well-baby care, as well as the cost of childbirth itself, and to help guarantee access to medical care in emergent situations, but all health insurance is not equal.
Whether your insurance comes from your employer, or you are purchasing your own, you will most likely have to choose between an HMO - Health Maintenance Organization – or a PPO – Preferred Provider Organization. While there are similar features of each (discounted fees in-network, for example) there are also some major differences. Here’s a quick description of each:
HMOs
These are the most affordable health insurance plans available, but they’re also the least flexible, and are generally geared toward members of a large group. In fact a major objective of the HMO system is to reduce medical expenses for everyone by sharing the cost, and increasing preventive care.
Advantages of HMOs include:
• Customers get low co-payments and minimal paperwork, as well as access to preventive care programs.
• Customers pay only the co-payment for most routine visits to in-network doctors, including specialists.
• HMO health insurance typically includes routine doctor’s visits, outpatient services, medical care, emergency room visits, and short-term mental health care.
Disadvantages of HMOs include:
• Customers must choose a PCP, or primary care physician, who oversees their medical care.
• If you go to an out-of-network doctor, you are not covered.
• Your PCP must refer you to any specialists you need to see (though most HMOs now allow women direct access to ob/gyns).
PPOs
PPOs, also known as POS plans are similar to HMOs in that customers must still select a primary care physician, but they offer a bit more flexibility in that there is coverage for out-of-network doctors, it’s just not as much. In-network physician visits generally involve a low co-payment.
Advantages of PPOs include:
• A low co-payment for in-network doctors and specialists, as well as emergency care.
• The ability to visit out-of-network doctors
• Direct access to specialists
• Preventive services and well-being workshops (weight loss and quitting smoking, for example)
Disadvantages of PPOs include:
• Customers must still select a PCP
• Visiting an out-of-network doctor may entail extra paperwork, and instead of the doctor billing your insurance, you may have to pay upfront, and be reimbursed.
Whether you ultimately choose an HMO, PPO, or individual plan (in which you don’t have a primary care physician, and simply see doctors as-needed), one thing to remember is to remain insured, especially if you have ongoing medical issues. If you allow health insurance to lapse, you could end up with a chronic condition not being covered, or having to wait a year for coverage. As well, if you visit a private hospital without insurance, treatment may be withheld (county facilities generally cannot refuse).
Be sure that you address all concerns either with your insurance agent, or with your company’s benefits representative before committing to a plan, or severing your relationship with the insurance or the company itself, and remember, health insurance of any kind is still better than not having any.
This is an article from FatManUnleashed.com’s Healthy Weight Loss and Fitness Blog.
Health Insurance: A Brief Overview
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A Tip is Just a Tip, but a Before and After is My Life
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Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Katie, an ACE Certified Personal Trainer.
This was only 6 weeks, I wasn’t messing around.
They say that “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.” This statement couldn’t be truer in this instance. It is safe to say that I have had some bad judgment. It was not on a grand level of bank robbery or grand theft auto, unless you count the video games. My mistakes were in diet and training. My mistakes were in the approach and understanding of my fat loss. I have since learned a thing or two and I wanted to share my mistakes and lessons learned with the world, in hopes to help others make their own mistakes, but end up victorious.
A few years ago I was average; average body, average hair, average defeats, and average achievements. I didn’t envision much for my future that was special or spectacular. I had hopes for certain dreams, but in the end I knew in my heart they were just that, hopes. This is usually where a person will dive into their “change moment” and to be truthful I didn’t have one of those. No, what I had was an “inspirational moment.”
I was friends with Leigh Peele. If not aware, Leigh Peele is an author and a trainer who specializes in fat loss and metabolism problems. I had seen the changes she had made in her life and I had seen the changes she had made in others lives, and I was jealous. I was jealous of their passion and their drive and I wanted a piece of that for myself. I wanted to be somebody like that to people, I wanted to do something with my life that was more than just “getting by” so I asked her for help and started getting educated about things. Okay and maybe I lost some fat along the way.
Beyond just fat loss, beyond desire of a better personal appearance, I became a personal trainer and started helping others. Helping others achieve their dreams is downright addictive because it helps you as well. I have my days where I struggle too and it is their stories that help me stay inspired to keep going. People always forget that the answer is in the story; you just have to know how to see it. It is not like I knew then when I started I was going to be another before and after, but now that I am I want to help you become one.
Tip #1: Write Your “Before”
A story is always better on paper. You need to write down everything that you have done, everything that has worked, hasn’t worked, and you hope know will work. Write down your dreams, your fears, your victories, and most importantly your plan.
Tip# 2: Log Your “During”
You can’t know how to fix something if you don’t know what you are doing could be wrong. This journey is a big deal so treat it as such by logging your calories, sleep, emotions, and training sessions. This will help you to see patterns where you could be having problems that are hindering your success, and when you are getting it right you can see yourself shine! It is best to always try to learn why.
Tip# 3: Prepare for After
Since you will be done with this journey and are going to be an “after” you are going to have to get ready for this. Buy goal outfits, set up trips and vacations to places you didn’t used to feel at ease going because of your body or health. Prepare for the life you always wanted because now it is your time to grab it!
For more information on Katie’s transformation and others you can go to http://www.FatLossTroubleShoot.com
This is an article from FatManUnleashed.com’s Healthy Weight Loss and Fitness Blog.
A Tip is Just a Tip, but a Before and After is My Life
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7.2 Lbs Lost Since Last Official Weigh-In
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It’s that time again! Yep, my official weekly weigh-in. Guess what folks? I lost 7.2 lbs since my last official weigh-in. At that time I clocked in at 314 lbs, this morning I was at 306.8 lbs. I finally passed my goal of 5 lbs. lost. I am on track to be under 300 lbs for the first time in a very, very long time. It’s one of my mini-goals. Here is the my current weight loss chart. I am also back to my lowest weight of 303.6 lbs in December of 2007.
Workout-wise I still have the same uplifted, powering tempo when I lift, run and bike. I tend to want more, but I know when enough is enough. Sometimes you need to tell yourself to stop so that your body can be able to do it again the next day. Today I was able to crank more reps out easier than I have been able to in the past. I am feeling stronger, which is good. I like lifting heavy enough to go to 8 to 10 reps. Anything above that is too light. I should be able to add some more weight to my lifts next week.
Calorie-wise I am consuming from 1200 to 1500 calories a day. It depends on if it’s a lift day or a cardio day. I get the majority of my calories from protein. I keep it low carb and fat for now. I don’t plan to do this for the rest of my life, only until I reach my ideal weight and sculpt. Once I do that, I am thinking of just eating a certain amount of calories per day (from 1500 to 2000), without focusing too much on where they come from (I may change my mind on this in the future). I can read my body pretty well and I know when it’s telling me things. Does that make any sense to you, it does to me?
I weighed myself on Monday after my first cleanse day on the 30 day Isagenix program and was 311 lbs. Since starting my Isagenix program I have lost 7.2 lbs. I am looking forward to the rest of the program. I am feeling really good during the day, full of energy before, during and after my workouts. All good news so far. I try to get in morning workouts, but when I don’t I make up for it in the afternoon. I am also doing two workouts a day about 3 days a week. Normally I would feel burnt out by 7 PM, but I haven’t been feeling like that lately.
Something cool that I plan on doing is training on the weekends with my cousin. He is planning on joining the Marine Corps. He is a totally out of shape skinny, flabby guy. I am looking forward to posting progress photos as I train him in the core Marine exercises.
This is an article from FatManUnleashed.com’s Healthy Weight Loss and Fitness Blog.
7.2 Lbs Lost Since Last Official Weigh-In
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Isagenix Day 4: Lost 3 Lbs. and 3.5 Inches in 3 Days
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As promised, here is an update of my 30 day Isagenix Cleanse program. I just started this recently and have some pretty good results. In 3 days I have lost 3 lbs. That’s a lot of weight to lose in 3 days. Aside from that, I have lost a total of 3.5 inches from my waist. Here is the my first Isagenix cleanse video, in case you missed it.
Today is my day 4 on the program and happens to be a lifting day. I had another great workout, got up some extra reps that I hadn’t been getting in the last few workouts. Placebo? I doubt it. Yesterday was day 3, a cleanse day where I drink 4 ounces of Cleanse for Life 4 times a day with water. I was not hungry at all. I was expecting to be starving, but was pleasantly surprised at how well I was able to maintain. Like I said, today is day 4, so I had another shake for breakfast, then a regular meal, and another IsaLean shake for dinner. I had one right after my afternoon workout and it went down perfectly! I am really liking the taste of the chocolate IsaLeans. I may crack open a Vanilla IsaLean to see how it compares.
Some quick side notes: This morning I noticed my belt fit a lot looser, plus someone I know said I looked skinnier. That made my day! A little mini victory I had today: I turned down a piece of chocolate ice cream cake. It looked good, but wasn’t worth it. Everyone had some but me. Mental toughness!!!
I am really looking forward to the coming days and am aiming for a 15 lb loss from the Isagenix 30 Day Cleanse. In my last post, a few Isagenix users posted their results. They had some stellar results and I can only hope to match them. I was doing some reading and listening and discovered that athletes are using Isagenix too. This is not just for people that want to cleanse and lose weight. It’s for hardcore training. I will be posting some more on that later.
I will posting my weekly weigh-in number on Wednesday and then switching to Monday weigh-ins until I finish the 30 day cleanse. That will kill two weigh-in birds with one stone for the time being.
This is an article from FatManUnleashed.com’s Healthy Weight Loss and Fitness Blog.
Isagenix Day 4: Lost 3 Lbs. and 3.5 Inches in 3 Days
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Isagenix 30 Day Cleanse: Video of Day 1
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I was contacted by someone I respect with the idea of cleansing my system to help with my some stubborn weight loss. Over the last month I have lost 6 lbs since getting back on track with my eating. After a month of doing some digging into the product, I decided to go ahead and give it a shot. I’ve got nothing to lose but weight right? The following video blog is goes over my first day on the Isagenix 30 Day Cleanse. Check out the video below.
I am looking forward to some great things. Day 1 and 2 of the cleanse is pretty simple: during Pre-cleanse I need to replace two meals with their IsaLean shakes and eat one sensible meal a day. So far today I am feeling pretty good. I followed the rules and am not the least bit hungry. The plan allows for you to snack or cheat if needed, but it’s best not to. Like I said, I haven’t been hungry all day. I don’t have a desire to binge or snack either. They also have this chocolate candy you can eat!!! Chocolate. That’s right. It’s called IsaDelight.
As promised in the video, here is the link to the Isagenix 30 Day Cleanse page so that you can check it out. Search around and explore. Check out the ingredients and nutritional content of the products. I highly suggest that you watch the videos. There are some professional athletes and bodybuilders that swear by this stuff. Speaking of which, they have whey protein too. So, it’s not just for fatties like me. I would love for you to join me on this 30 day journey and see where it takes us. I know of some people that have had great results with the program, because they followed it correctly. If you do decide to take the leap, let me know so that we can work together as a team. Support is crucial during weight loss, I know that for a fact. Having this blog has already helped me lose a significant amount of weight and I think that adding Isagenix to the mix will be even better.
There’s only one way to find out though! Have you tried Isagenix and had success? Failure? Let me know, I am extremely interested.
This is an article from FatManUnleashed.com’s Healthy Weight Loss and Fitness Blog.
Isagenix 30 Day Cleanse: Video of Day 1
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Consistent Weekly Weight Loss: 1 More Pound Lost
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Consistent weight loss is where it’s at. For me at least. As long as I keep seeing that scale drop on a weekly basis, I am satisfied. Now, I only lost one pound which is 4 off of my 5 pound goal for the week, but I will take it and run. That makes me officially 314 lbs. I’ve updated my weight loss chart in case you were wondering how I’ve progressed over the last month.
I am dying to take a picture for my photo update, but I won’t be doing that until I fall under the 300 lb mark! That is part of my mini goal, along with losing 20 lbs in August. So far, I have only lost 1 lb in August, so I need to step my game up. I am not sure what’s going on really especially since my workouts are pretty intense and effective. I have been eating healthy, proportioned, counting calories, and not depriving myself, so that can’t be it. Can it? I am going to keep doing what I have been doing for another week and see if the weight loss number increases. My goal for next week is 5 lbs again.
In case you were wondering, I don’t have a twin and you aren’t hallucinating. I just Photoshopped two pictures of myself. 
Did you notice the sweat on my arms? That’s right, it’s not oil I put on to look more muscular. LOL. I love my recumbent bike, it gets the job done and is so low impact! I think I look pretty damn good in the photos. Looking at these pics, would you think I weighed in at 314 lbs? C’mon, really? I don’t think so. I look like a big guy, maybe 260 lbs, but not 314 lbs!
That just goes to show that I am going to look awesome when I drop all the weight. Oh, before I forget, I think a weight loss competition is brewing against me and someone in the weight loss blogosphere, stay tuned (leave a comment if you would be interested in participating in the challenge).
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Consistent Weekly Weight Loss: 1 More Pound Lost
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Building Monster Legs or The Definitive Guide to Unleashing Massiveness in Your Tree Trunk Thighs
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An Often Neglected Bodypart
When you begin bodybuilding, what do you perceive as the most impressive body parts? That’s right: arms and chest. Those are the two body parts most of us get caught up in, because they’re the bodyparts that signal to the world that we are bodybuilders. But then all of a sudden the winter months are gone and summer arrives and you find you can’t wear shorts because all winter you concentrated on getting big arms and a big chest. Suddenly you discover that legs are probably the most neglected bodypart, or at least very close to it.
So many bodybuilders try to work around legs, concentrating on arms and chest and those bodyparts they get immediate feedback on, and covering up the remaining bodyparts so that no one will notice their weak condition.
But one day you get fired up and want to compete. Then you realize that you’ve got to play catch-up with your legs.
This is when you wake up and smell the coffee: It dawns on you that you should have been training holistically from the get-go. You should have trained not from the shoulders on down but from the feet on up — from the calves to the thighs to the hamstrings, all the way up.
Having A Background Helps
As for me, I started out as a football player in school, and I also ran track, so my foundation was my legs. Athletes from other sports have an advantage in making the transition to bodybuilding, because they have a general idea about how leg training ties in with total body strength. In high school, for example, I concentrated on squats to improve my leg strength as a running back. When that carried over into bodybuilding, I put more emphasis on training hamstrings, calves, etc., and soon legs became an exclusive training day.
Because of this athletic background, I never had to prioritize legs. What I found was that once I began using a variety of exercises in addition to squats — leg presses, lunges, hack squats, stiff-leg deadlifts, single-leg curls — I saw growth almost overnight. Variety of exercises also enabled me to increase my overall strength in other exercises as well. My squats went up because I mixed in leg presses and hacks, varied the order and put more emphasis on my hamstrings.
One week it might be chest on day one, triceps-back-biceps on day two, and shoulders-legs on day three. Other times it might be legs by themselves, then chest-shoulders-triceps, then back-biceps. Don’t forget, however, that when I started bodybuilding, I was doing legs by themselves to build my foundation. Now, I’m on a double-split of three-on/one-off, so I can do legs in the morning and still have enough energy to do something else at night.
Building a Solid Foundation
One leg workout will be heavy and the next one “light,” which is relative since I use burn exercises for higher reps, while still pushing it.
Heavy day: Squats, leg presses, leg extensions and leg curls, between 8-10 repetitions per set. For most exercises I do four sets, except for squats, where I might easily do eight sets.
Light day: Leg curls, leg extensions, hack squats and lunges, four sets per exercise for 15 to 20 repetitions per set.
I train calves with legs, and I do them first because, remember, I believe in training the body from the bottom up, and because calves are usually the most stubborn-growing bodyparts.
With each succeeding heavy workout, I will mix up the exercises. If the preceding heavy workout began with squats, the current session will begin with leg presses. That way, it doesn’t always seem that I’m placing too much emphasis on squatting for poundage.
I work progressively, pyramiding the weight. Sometimes I might take three sets to warm up, but once I’m warm I’ll do at least four sets of hard, heavy, full-range reps. With squats, for example, I’ll customarily go up to 315 pounds and do four sets of eight to 8. That’s not my maximum; however, I restrict myself to avoid disproportionate leg development.
Squats
I squat in front of a mirror. My head is straight and I never, never have a spotter standing in back of me. I’m a firm believer in going it alone. If I fail, I fail by myself. Don’t help me; please don’t help me! Knowing I’m alone up there against the weights requires that I call on all my resources to do a consummate set. If the weight is too heavy and there’s a spotter, he’s the one the weight’s going to be dropped on. Nor do I want anyone hugging me or hanging on me. Just stand aside and watch. (If I’m training with someone, I might ask him how many reps he thinks I can get, and if he says 10, I’ll do 11 or 12 just to impress him.)
I go down as far as my body can take me. I have never done half squats nor stopped just after breaking parallel; it’s always been all the way. When I get up to 315 pounds I begin using wraps and a belt, but I don’t use them for support to help get the weight up; they only serve as a precaution against injury.
Lunges
Lunges are a year-round exercise for me. Most bodybuilders neglect lunges, but I believe they’re vital in that some bodybuilders have a tendency to develop large buttocks from squats. What lunges do is shape from the top of the glutes all the way down to the knee insertion. They also help bring out the cuts high on the front thigh, as well as the line that separates the thigh from the hamstring in a side chest pose.
This exercise doesn’t require heavy weight. Instead, with lunges you want to concentrate on the full stretch, one leg at a time. Using only the floor — not an elevated box — I perform 12 reps first on one leg, then the other, stepping as far forward as I can, keeping my back erect, making sure my trailing knee touches the ground. Make sure to keep your head up on lunges; if it’s down you’ll lose your balance.
Lunges are one of the major exercises for women because they do such a good job of shaping and firming the glutes and the backs of the thighs
I don’t use progressive weight for lunges, just a 45-pound plate on each side, and I keep it at that weight for all four sets. Usually I do lunges at the end of my leg workout, though sometimes I’ll mix them up with my other leg exercises.
Leg Presses
I never use my hands to help press on my knees or thighs, nor do I use shoulder leverage to help in the lift. My stance does vary, however; usually I’ll have my heels together with my toes out at a 45-degree angle; the next time the feet may be parallel and close together. However, I don’t believe foot positioning in this exercise is that important; I do it simply because I like variety in all my exercises.
Hack Squats
Strict form is extremely important for this movement. My feet are flat — I don’t rock forward on my toes — and I make sure the movement is conducted very smoothly, without jerking. I concentrate on the part of the thigh that is just above the knee in the outer sweep.
Squats give you the thickness, leg presses give you hamstrings and thickness in the top of your thighs, but hack squats are what really round out your legs for the full sweep.
I prefer to do high reps for hacks; that’s why I do them on my “light” day. It’s important to not exaggerate your hack movement because it’s easy to hyperextend your knee or tear a ligament.
Leg Curls
Hamstrings are frequently overlooked but they are equally as important as the front thighs. The type of contraction I look for in leg curls is what I want to feel when doing a single-arm biceps shot. Being a black bodybuilder and not having very many role models with impressive hamstrings, I’m trying to set a precedent. I’m trying to be the one everybody is trying to emulate. That’s why with each contest you can see the development and the maturity not only in my thighs but in my hamstrings as well.
Calves
The calf exercises I do are seated raises, standing raises and donkey raises. Although I only do one exercise on a given day, I won’t repeat it the next time I train calves. Usually I do eight to 10 sets per exercise, 12 to 25 reps.
It’s never too early to prioritize legs in your workout. In fact, the biggest mistake bodybuilders make is thinking that legs can take away from their emphasis on other bodyparts. Quite the contrary. There has long been a theory that bombing legs actually enhances the growth of the rest of the body about 15%. It may even stimulate increased testosterone production, which we all know builds muscle.
So, treat your legs as though they were a body in themselves. At the worst, you will build frightening, outrageous legs.
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Building Monster Legs or The Definitive Guide to Unleashing Massiveness in Your Tree Trunk Thighs
