If you’ve been looking to spice up your leg workout you’re in luck. Today I have a challenging hamstring and butt exercise that is somewhat unconventional. Very few people take advantage of this exceptional exercise and I hope that this post will change that.

When you think about training your hamstrings, the most common exercises that come to mind are Stiff Leg Deadlifts and Leg Curls. I’ve been hooked on the T-Bar Stiff Leg Deadlift for the past few months ever since my buddy Tom Venuto introduced them to me. I get an amazing stretch and contraction with that hamstring exercise. I’ll be sure to record a video of the T-Bar Stiff Leg Deadlift soon. The regular Deadlift also makes for one heck of a glute and hamstring exercise.

When I asked the members of Tom’s Burn The Fat Inner Circle if they had any alternative exercises that really blast the hammies and glutes I was surprised to hear Tom suggest Glute-Ham Raises. I was even more surprised when Tom mentioned that Glute-Ham Raises are not only difficult, but you can expect 3x the muscle soreness afterward.

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If you live a busy lifestyle, workout at home, and are looking to add some variety to your leg workouts, this video will spice things up for you….

Here’s the routine:

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In yesterday’s article Long Live Isolation Exercises we compared compound exercises vs isolation exercises along with the benefits that each one brings to the table. Today I am going to share an amazing workout that combines the power and calorie burning benefits of a compound exercise as well as the sculpting and shaping benefits of an isolation exercise…

The leg press is a fantastic exercise for working your legs. It doesn’t replace a squat or a deadlift, but it’s still one of the best exercises that you can do for your legs. Chances are pretty good that you are already incorporating the leg press into your workouts, but there’s also a pretty good chance that you are not receiving the maximum benefits from this great exercise.

If you are performing the leg press with your feet in the same position on the press every time, you’ll be placing more of the resistance on just a few of the muscles that make up your legs. However, by varying the position of your feet, you can isolate other muscle that make up your legs, while still experiencing the benefits of a compound movement.

For example, if you

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Hi everyone…I’m really excited to share with all of you a totally amazing program that I am currently following. Nick Nilsson offers a great program called Gluteus to the Maximus for those of you who want to firm up that butt, and/or thigh area…I’d say most women can relate to this issue!!

His program offers different workouts depending upon whether you work out from home or go to a gym setting. I will be following his 20 min. Advanced Home Workouts. I have put myself through his program in the past and achieved amazing results…as a matter of fact, after seeing our new, tight physiques Scott and I decided to do a photo shoot. This was the most fit I had ever been.

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For today’s home office fitness challenge I’m going to share a very powerful and motivating audio to help you overcome your ‘bad’ knees as well as video demonstrations of alternative exercises that you can perform if you have knee problems. But first… Do you have ‘bad’ knees? Of course not! Yes, you may experience pain, you may have a strained ligament, worn out cartilage, and so on. But it does not mean they are bad? If you have issues with your knees you have two choices…

You can say, “My knee is bad I have to avoid exercise or at least certain exercises and that probably means I won’t be able to achieve optimal fat loss because I am limited in what I can do.”

…Or you can say, “I have an arthritic knee and I’m not going to let that stop me from achieving the body and life that I deserve. I know other people with arthritic knees that have achieved tremendous success and I’m not going to let anything get in the way of reaching my goals.”

I’m not going to deny that you are experiencing pain or discomfort, but are you going to let that limit you? Do you think that you can turn that around?

First of all, allow me to show you eight exercises that are easier on your knees and can help you strengthen them…

Alternative Leg Exercises If You Have Bad Knees

Now I would like you to listen to the powerful audio in the player at the end of this post. Please, please, please listen to the audio. It’s very inspirational. I’ll provide the transcripts below too.

Here’s a portion of an email that I received from one of my Fat Loss Quickie friends, Nan C. Loyd prior to her listening to this audio…

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