My legs currently.. after workout and clean eating for a week :)
Workout more?
- Optimum nutrition Opti-Women (vitamin, every morning)
- Optimum nutrition CLA (one pill every big meal, total 3 a day)
- BCAA (once in a while after extra-sore workout)
- Vitamin B12
- Fish Oil (if I remember)
- Flaxseed meal in my pancakes (:D)
Getting closer to the ideal body :)
I’ve been eating so clean and working out almost every day (lack of sleep is not really good but the compensation for working hard.. hmm).
Only two more months until summer!
I’ve been doing crossfit a lot lately.
When I tell people this, they imagine I’m lifting 60lbs bars and doing squats crazy.
My ideal body isn’t super buff with bulky arms and legs (which you can find a LOT on fitblrs). I just want some toned body with slight ab muscle showing. I’m not against ‘getting fit’ but my definition of ‘fit’ is not bulky and big legs, but lean and toned, and adding weight while I’m working out will definitely make my muscle development ‘much bigger’ which I’m trying to avoid.
I want more lean legs, and to do this, adding tons of weight doesn’t really help. Yes, it’ll get you toned, but also bulky muscle. The best way of doing this is free-hand, without weight, and lots of repetition with almost no break in between.
Leg muslce is really the strongest muscle of your body, and if you were overweight at some point in your life, your leg muscle will be a lot bigger than other girls. And especially if you’re overweight or just not in shape (like you run out of breath pretty fast), this workout could actually improve your fitness overall.
What I’ve been doing doesn’t take up a lot of space- all you really need is your gym clothes and shoes, and some space to jump. You don’t even need weights. But the hardest part of this workout will be ‘minimize your rest time’.
So here are my workouts-
- warm up
burpee 40 times
abs (do 4-6 rounds of these)
- sit up 20 seconds, followed by 10 seconds of rest
- flutter kicks 20 seconds, followed by 10 seconds of rest
- leg raises 20 seconds, followed by 10 seconds of rest
legs (do 4-6 rounds of these, without resting)
- lunges 30 times (alternate each leg, count 1 = one leg)
- squats 40 times
push ups 20 seconds, followed by 10 seconds rest (do 3-5 rounds)
cardio (I usually do cycle since I HATE treadmills, or do jumpropes)
This might not look a lot, but when I do these, I sweat way more than 30 minutes of running. The point of this workout is minimize rest, and will force your body to use more of glucogen while you workout. (I’ll research more- but this will also help you burn fat AFTER you’re done with workout because your body has used up all your glucose with extreme usage of energy and muscle).
I’ve lost more than 3 pounds in a week doing this 4 times a week. I’ve eaten more than usual I believe (I had a whole wheat pancake with nutella and whip cream EVERY breakfast for a week, this is way over 700 calories if you really care, and my lunch and dinner was either normal or a bit more since I work at a restaurant and nibble on all these fried foods.. so bad). I’m sure if I ate more clean, I’d have lost way more weight than this.
If you can’t do all these rounds, then reduce rounds! I’ve been working out and was in track & cross country, so I’m used to these kind of stuff. But make sure your rest in between sets are NO MORE than 30 seconds.
I’ve been doing cross fit for like last couple weeks, and I’m getting wayyy more toned!
But I’ve been skipping cardio after that because 30 minutes of cross fit is a killer.. :/
SIGH.
I should go back doing cardio.. at least half an hour after the cross fit for fat burn yes…? ://
I KNOW I won’t be BULK like bodybuilding women.
When I complain about I gain muscle too fast, is that EVERY human being gains muscle and different speed at different parts of their body. Some people DO gain muscle faster and bulkier on their legs (like me) and that’s what I’m worried about when I’m doing squats, because I can see my legs getting bigger (and not shaped well) rather than skinnier.
I’m so over with people (especially fitblrs) who are promoting squats to every solution to weight loss when it might not be for everyone.
So I have a planner that I use for school but it has lots of space. I’m writing down if I worked out or ate clean that day and marking them with stars and hearts so that I know I’m doing well on my diet.
Jumping jacks are an awesome cardiovascular exercise! They’re easy, so anyone can do them. They get the heart rate up pretty fast and are good for increasing cardiovascular health. Not to mention they pack a serious calorie burn! But doing only 100 at a time or 500 jumping jacks spread out throughout the day isn’t really helping you. The key is to sustain an elevated heart rate for an extended amount of time. So here’s a challenge I’ve come up with. Build your endurance until you can do 20min of jumping jacks (not including rest time). By the time you’re done, you will have killer calves! That’s a promise! Good luck and happy jumping!
hmm weird I thought I linked the photo to the original site.
but it’s from http://blogilates.com/ <3
Many gyms are beginning to offer pole dancing classes. These classes aren’t what you are thinking! Pole dancing can be extremely beneficial for strengthening your core!!
Thank you, because when I drop words ‘I want to learn how to pole dance’, every single friend of mine thinks I’m starting to work at a strip club. :(
Literally the best kind of plank you can do. It’s harder than the normal plank but it works your core out SO much more and it feels SOOOOO good after. I do 3 sets, increasing 10+ seconds after each rep.
