I hope you are all having an awesome weekend. Today in the gym was leg day, but not just any leg day. You see I’ve missed the gym 3 days in a row. Every single morning my alarm would go off and I hit snooze and missed the gym. I figure it’s my body’s way of telling me to slow down and get rest. Needless to say it made me feel like crap not getting up and working out, so today I wanted to put in a bit more work in the gym to make up for it.

I love working out legs and it takes a long time for me to see any real improvements, but I figure I need to continue to step it up in weight and work on the compound movements like squats and dead lifts. I am always struggling with wanting to grow my booty, but I hate when my quads blow up. They make my jeans feel tight, I start to feel like I’m putting weight on when I know it’s just muscle – but if you’ve ever struggled with body image issues having any of your clothes feel small can be a hard pill to swallow. It’s something I am still working on every single day, to remind myself it’s not “weight” it’s muscle, but it takes reminding every once in awhile. Today I had a great workout and wanted to share it with you in the video below. I hope it gives you some ideas as you head in for your lower body routine.

Keep in mind in order to grow your rear you must lift heavy and heavier and lower your reps as you increase the weight. For lighter weight I do 8-10 reps and for heavier weight I do 5-6 reps. When I am trying to put on size it requires a few changes; less cardio, more calories, more carbs, less reps, more weight. I have to remember though that if I plan to grow I must eat more and I must also accept that I might not be as lean at that time.

The exercises I did today included:

Dead lifts with an EZ curl bar (I don’t have an Olympic bar in my gym)

Resistance Band squats, pulses and kick backs

Kneeling Squats on the Smith Machine

Leg Press on the Smith Machine

Goblet Squats with a kettle bell

Dead lifts with Kettle Bells

Squats with Cable bar

Sumo Dead Lift on Smith Machine

Glute Bridges on the mat

My workout pants are from Forever 21 and I love them: click here

My sneakers are Nike from Amazon: Nikes Aqua Blue

For leg day I like to power my workout with 1 scoop of Cellucor C4 Ripped & 1 scoop of Optimum Nutrition Amino Energy. This allows me some energy and aminos for recovery at the same time. Today’s workout was long and intense so I drank two full shaker bottles filled with water. I also didn’t eat a lot before this workout so when I did get home after I felt a little dizzy. The legs are the largest muscle group in your body and when you lift your body will rush blood there, so sometimes you can feel sick after. This is also why you usually feel like you’re going to puke on a good leg day, fun right?!

After my workout I went home and filled up another shaker bottle with Pineapple I Am Nutritionals BCAA powder. I love anything pineapple flavored, I am a huge fan of pineapple so this was awesome to receive in the mail from my friends at this new company. Their products are plant based, which is so rare these days for fitness supplements. I drink aminos after my workout and during the day to repair those broken down muscle fibers. The pineapple is not online yet to order on Amazon but they do have peach and mango coconut which is also delicious! And then of course I had to take a progress photo above from today’s workout. The best part about big compound lifts is you work out your abs and you don’t even realize it!

I am going to be posting a giveaway with I Am Nutritionals very soon so stay tuned if you want to try their BCAA’s out! Below are some pictures of a few of the exercises from today’s video for you to use as reference. Now it’s time to go relax, eat my cottage cheese, protein, granola and almonds parfait (my evening snack every single night). Have a great day!

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