MY PERSONAL BULKING JOURNEY

At age 19, I really wanted to lose weight, I got into working out hard. I’d do lots of running and lots of traditional HIIT workouts.

I remember doing two workouts each day: morning and late evening. I would do my runs for about 45 minutes each evening and in the mornings I did a lot of routines that involved lots of jumping. My routine involved lots of squats, lunges and high knees.

I was really proud of myself then and for the first time in my life I had abs! My arms too were getting super toned. My lower body unfortunately, was an entirely different story. I didn’t get why it was not slimming down as a matter of fact it was getting bigger. You know what I did to try solve this! I worked out even harder! OH NOO. I added my reps and added more leg workouts.

After about half a year of regular working out, I decided to stop working out. I just didn’t see the need for it at all. I was ready to give everything up but I noticed something. I did not lose my abs! Well that was interesting and my legs stayed about the same: all 'bigger'.

I developed such an urge to know why my legs were not slimmer yet my entire upper body was lean toned and looking slimmer. About the same time, I landed on Rachael Attard's blog on slimming down your lower body and immediately I knew I had found what I had been looking for.

I understood why my lower body was still bigger. I had bulked it up. This is where when you over exercise leg muscles, they grow bigger. Before that I really did not think that women and girls can bulk up. I thought it was something that would happen to only guys. I was all wrong.

Women do build muscle too.

I also started doing my own research about body types, dieting and working out. Now I train differently and workout in a more knowledgably way. Trying to reduce workouts that involve a lot of quad and calf muscle and focus more on pilates style workouts. I try focus on 'stretching' workouts and reduce on 'jumping' workouts.

Working out this way has helped me see a significant change in the way my lower body looks. For the first time that thigh gap is showing and I feel all lighter and look slimmer. See my progress pictures here.

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7 DAYS FREE WORKOUT CHALLENGE TO SLIM DOWN YOUR LEGS

A big thank you for choosing to try this 7-day workout challenge to slim down your legs. Can't promise it will be easy but it will be fun and I hope you get to see some results. -This program is an example of what is in the 4 week Getting Toned and Lean workout program and diet plan so if you love this be sure to grab the entire program Here later. Okay, let's start, MONDAY Morning(walk) Try to aim for around 5000 steps today. Best time to walk is early in the morning before having any food. (fasted cardio) You can walk at any time of the day if you cannot do it all in the morning. You can try splitting it so you do it in the morning, afternoon, and evening. You Can use a Pedometer to track steps. Afternoon (workout) 10 Min Inner Thigh Blast Challenge. Do not underestimate it yet! It really burns It is a good lower body toning workout without adding excess bulk and really focuses mainly on the inner

MESOMORPHS LEAN LEGS WORKOUT GUIDELINES.

Rachael Attard Lean Legs program for mesomorphs- In a nutshell. Mesomorphs are one of the three types of bodies. Some characteristics Of Mesomorphs They are well built and have an athletic figure. They show some muscle definition. They gain weight easily They also at times can lose weight quickly too. By the way, I have prepared a one-week workout program that will help you slim down your legs easily,you can check it out Here *Still not sure about your body type, find out now by Clicking Here That been said, the Racheal Attard program for mesomorphs recommends 3 things; 1. HIIT (3 times a week) 2. Resistance Training ( 3 times a week) 3. Low carb diet high in protein. 4. Power Walking (5 times a week) Let's get into the details CARDIO. Rachael Attard recommends POWER WALKING as the best form of cardio for mesomorphs. This is because walking burns so much fat without causing bulk. Power walking is basically walking for 45+ minutes

WORKOUTS THAT CAN BULK UP

I must start by saying that there is no workout that can be regarded as a 'bad' workout and you should avoid it because it will bulk you up. It all depends on how much you keep doing it and what muscles are mostly used. In today's blog post, let's talk about the kind of workouts that when overdone are likely to add muscle. Squats Lunges High Knees Traditional HIIT(that which includes loads of jumping) Running up a hill Using the elliptical and stair master Lifting heavy weights Jumping rope To know exactly how they add bulk please read this post here A lot of the above workouts focus so much on the quads and hamstrings. They will probably overwork these muscles leading them to grow bigger. Maybe too much than your liking. The key here is not to avoid them but to do them in moderation. If you do a squat as a warmup. Then that is probably not a big problem. If you do HIIT twice a week, that is also acceptable. Want to know which workouts will not bulk you up. Click Here

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