INTRO

Previously, I asked if yall wanted my leg routine/tips that I have used to lose a ton of weight. Surprisingly to me, you girls really wanted to know what I had to say and I'm happy that I could be of some help to the weight loss journey of whoever reads this post 😊. Before I do though, just know that I'm not a professional and I am just basing my advice on my own experience of losing weight. I'll split this post into 3 sections:

1. Leg Workout

2.Diet (sort of)

1. Additional comments and Tips that helped me

1. LEG TRAINING ROUTINE AKA DUMPTRUCK MAKER

So, I train my legs twice a week. Not every day. Gotta let the booty rest and can't neglect your other muscles babes 😉. I would say max, workout legs three times a week. I have a sort of powerlifting background, so you might see some aspects of that here. I work out in the morning soooo it's really important that YOU WARMUP

WARM-UP: Really you can substitute this with any cardio exercise you like, but I like to do the StairMaster for about 5 to 10 minutes or until I begin sweating.

1ST LIFT: DO YOUR HEAVY LIFTING FIRST. So, this could be whatever exercise you can load up alot of weight. I like beginning my workout by doing squats or hip thrusts. Something I love doing is super setting my exercises. Meaning, doing one exercise immediately after finishing another exercise. I like Super setting squats with Romanian deadlifts and pairing hip thrusts with Bulgarian split squats. This will be really tuff if you're not used to super setting, but it is worth it I promise. This is probably the most important lift of the day so make it count 😀. Your booty will thank you too lol. Typical I'll do 2 warm-up sets and 4 working sets. My rep range if I'm training heavy is around 5 to 6. If it's a lighter day I'll do a rep range between 10 to 20.

FOLLOWING LIFTS: The following lifts depends on what you have already trained. I like to split my 2 leg workout days for the different parts of my legs. So, on the first day, I'll train butt, quads, and a sprinkle of hamstrings. On the second day, I will lift mainly hamstrings, calves, and a sprinkle of quads/butt. You can really fill in these lifts with whatever you like, but I'll tell you what I like to do anyways lol. For additional hamstring training, I like to use the seated hamstring curl machine, abductor and adductor machines one after the other for the side of your butt, and OMG use the V squat machine pls. The V squat machine really workouts my quads/booty. You'll seriously get a juicy pump lol.

END OF THE WORKOUT (SORT OF)

Train your abs hunny and stretch once you are done training. With training abs you really only need to train them like 5 to 10 minutes a day. Stretching can be a Lil boring though. So, to motivate myself I set a goal for myself to be able to do the splits. Seeing the progress of my dumpy getting closer to hitting the ground makes me excited to keep stretching. Also, I think the splits are kind of sexy to do for whenever I get a man lol. What I do hate though is CARDIO. I still do it every day, but not fun for me, but super important. What I do is run a mile every day with the only goal in mind is to hit under 10 minutes each mile. If you do start running a mile every day start slow. Take like a week or two to warm up to doing a mile every day or you will end up with shin splints like I used to have all the time 😥. I have also been loving using the sauna every day. Really relaxing.

2. DIET

So, I suck at diets lol. I don't want to say what you can and can't eat just make sure that it is healthy. Obvy pizza isn't healthy or tons of sugar. You know this, just try to avoid it and implement more vegetables and protein. Protein in whatever way you can get it 😉. Truly the most important thing here is making sure you are in a caloric deficit.

3. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND TIPS

WORKOUT COMMENTS:

• Consistency is key
• try to improve your mind-muscle connection
• don't train to failure every week. Leave a week to deload here and there.

DIET COMMENTS:

• Write down what you eat every day this is super duper pooper scooper important. This helped me so much tbh. Use the app myfitnesspal. Super helpful free app.
• Don't kill yourself with the diet. Eat something you like every day, so dieting isn't a chore to do. Just don't have that cheat snack be like a whole cake lol. Maybe like a baby slice of cake or something, a scoop of ice cream. You get the idea.

MINDSET:

• PLEASE don't get discouraged with the journey. If it was easy, everyone would have their ideal body. It took me 7 to 8 months to lose 60 lbs. and I'm still not at my ideal body type.
• PLEASE don't look in the mirror every day or weigh yourself to see progress this can be discouraging. It's something I used to do and still, kind of do. It hurts to not see progress. Instead, weigh yourself every week.
• PLEASE whenever you look in the mirror just know you are putting in the work and your past self would be proud of you.
• PLEASE only compare yourself with yourself.

Just know you will get there in time 😀.

CONCLUSION:

Anyways that's all I had to say. Shit can be depressing seeing no progress and unmotivating but once you start you will eventually see progress/success. Only then will you be glad of your past self for taking that first step. If you have any comments or questions, I'd be happy to answer them. Would love some constructive criticism since I've never done a post like this. Or if you really want, I would be willing to do another post like this. Sorry for all the grammar errors I'm sure there are still some in the post.

Thanks for reading my TedTalk lol.