Archive for the ‘Toning’ Category

A Cardio Circuit & Heavy Leg Workout That “DOMS-ed” Me Up

As a reminder, I do my heavy legs workout on Mondays and I change it up every week.  I always keep compound exercises in them, but I change up the variations a lot. I don’t know what happened to me, but 5 days of skipping fitness has put me on my ass and I mean [...]

Hey. Do What Works For You. (1st Edition)

Here is a little Sista-Science for ya!  They call the advice I’m about to give to you all about fitness and nutrition, Broscience.  Since I’m a female I’m going to call it Sista-Science.  Sista-Science is basically advice/principles that has no scientific backing (some may do), but when applied to myself it has worked for me [...]

Operation Lift And Tighten A Butt

Again, trying to build my butt muscles, lift my butt and tighten up my hamstrings…here is the leg workout I completed for this week.  FYI: I do heavy legs with conditioning once a week. Heavy Leg Work Hack Squat (elevated heels) and Deadlift Superset – 4 sets, 12 reps Bulgarian Squat – 3 sets, 10 [...]

My Legs, Hips, Butt & Belly Are Getting A Lot of Attention This Year

And as so they should because these areas (legs, hips, butt, belly), for me, are very hard to shape and lift.  I evaluated all of the leg workouts I’ve done back in 2011 and decided they were not painful or effective enough so I recently decided to  amp up my intensity and have increased my [...]