Help please

jakeypooh

After taking fantastic advice from g'em Im now running 3 times a week
Twice on treadmill once outside
Training for marathon

Mondays / Wednesdays I run then do 3 sets of 10 for all upper body parts
lifting heaviest I can

Tuesdays / Thursdays I do 40 mins CV with heart rate monitor in fat burning zone usually on stepmill then I do
3 sets of 10 of each of these

Squats - 25kg
Lunges - 10kg in each hand
Dead lift - 25kg
This other exercise with shoulders on body ball bar of 25 kg across legs and lowering and raising - great for the ass suppossedly

I carry a lot of muscle on my legs and am currently trying to drop half a stone
Do you think I will build up big legs with these exercises

I really want to loose fat off my upper legs

Im still taking my slender pro twice a day - fantastic i might add - flavour is brill

Any help or suggestions on changes I could make would be great

Al_Fernz

jakeypooh wrote: »

After taking fantastic advice from g'em Im now running 3 times a week
Twice on treadmill once outside
Training for marathon

Mondays / Wednesdays I run then do 3 sets of 10 for all upper body parts
lifting heaviest I can

Tuesdays / Thursdays I do 40 mins CV with heart rate monitor in fat burning zone usually on stepmill then I do
3 sets of 10 of each of these

Squats - 25kg
Lunges - 10kg in each hand
Dead lift - 25kg
This other exercise with shoulders on body ball bar of 25 kg across legs and lowering and raising - great for the ass suppossedly

I carry a lot of muscle on my legs and am currently trying to drop half a stone
Do you think I will build up big legs with these exercises

I really want to loose fat off my upper legs

Im still taking my slender pro twice a day - fantastic i might add - flavour is brill

Any help or suggestions on changes I could make would be great

Unfortunately, you are not able to spot reduce areas of fat (damn biology). So when you lose fat - you will lose fat from every area of your body - face, arms, neck, chest and legs etc.

However, doing squats, deadlifts and lunges will certainly help build muscle - primarily in your legs. Increasing muscle in the area while reducing bodyfat overall will give your legs more muscle definition or dare I say it - a more "toned" look.

jakeypooh

Thank you for your reply
What Im afraid of is building muscle and having bulky legs

Is it possible to increase the size of my legs by doing these exercises with such a heavy weight (for me)

Should I use lighter weights really was my worry?

Al_Fernz

jakeypooh wrote: »

Thank you for your reply
What Im afraid of is building muscle and having bulky legs

Is it possible to increase the size of my legs by doing these exercises with such a heavy weight (for me)

Should I use lighter weights really was my worry?

Don't worry - lifting heavy doesn't automatically lead to huge muscle increases. I know I used to think along these lines.

Whether or not you build excessive muscle will largely be dependent on your diet. If you eat an excess of calories you will increase in body weight. Since you are lifting heavy weights - a fairly high proportion of this would probably be muscle gain.

So for your goal I would recommend to continue lifting as heavy as you can to get the 3 sets of 10 reps in with good form and make sure to eat a healthy balanced diet. Monitor your progress after every training week at the same time. For example take weight and bodyfat measurements. If your weight has not fluctuated significantly but your bodyfat measurements are down you know that you are on the right track - because this means that you are building muscle and losing bodyfat at the same time. Any significant fluctuations either way mean that should probably re-evaluate your training and diet.

Hope this helps!

How Strange

jakeypooh wrote: »

After taking fantastic advice from g'em Im now running 3 times a week
Twice on treadmill once outside
Training for marathon

Mondays / Wednesdays I run then do 3 sets of 10 for all upper body parts
lifting heaviest I can

Tuesdays / Thursdays I do 40 mins CV with heart rate monitor in fat burning zone usually on stepmill then I do
3 sets of 10 of each of these

Squats - 25kg
Lunges - 10kg in each hand
Dead lift - 25kg
This other exercise with shoulders on body ball bar of 25 kg across legs and lowering and raising - great for the ass suppossedly

I carry a lot of muscle on my legs and am currently trying to drop half a stone
Do you think I will build up big legs with these exercises

I really want to loose fat off my upper legs

Im still taking my slender pro twice a day - fantastic i might add - flavour is brill

Any help or suggestions on changes I could make would be great

Where is your marathon training programme?

Ideally, you should be starting into a training programme by 1st June at the latest to give yourself a good chance of finishing the marathon injury free.

I'm going to do the Dublin marathon this year and am already up to 10miles once a week, 7 miles twice a week and 3 miles once a week.

Go over to the marathon section here and you'll get some good advice about training programmes etc.