Fast and Furious Fitness

Hi,

I’ve often said that the legs are the most important body part to train. If one trains the legs in an intense manner with the proper breathing, one trains the entire body from the “inside out”. Done correctly, all leg work requires a lot of breathing, and this deep breathing stimulates the lungs, and respiratory system in a way that cannot be done by training the upper body alone.

The legs/hips also constitute the largest muscle group in the body, so training these correctly produces a release of growth hormones all throughout your body. The legs get stronger, but so does the back, chest, arms, even the forearms to a degree. Therefore, if you want a massive upper body - train those LEGS!

There are many ways to train the legs exclusively with bodyweight movements, but I have found the Hindu Squat and it’s variations to be one of the most effective. This is a training method used by the old time Indian wrestlers, who used to do these in high repetitions daily. Done correctly, this one exercise can give you an intense workout in less than 5 minutes.

I have often found that intense leg training is a way to break through “plateaus” in training; i.e. if I’m stuck at a max number of say 100 pushups/workout, or say 10 pull ups, then trainign my legs intensely gives me the “juice” required to jolt out of that rut.

I worked my legs today with a combination of squats, and other exercises which are mentioned here.  My total leg training time lasted for about 10 minutes, and I felt great at the end of it. You can go longer than that, but 10 minutes is all you really need to get your legs in great condition. 

To learn more about Hindu squats and their execution, go to this page.

As we go along, I’ll mention details of my workout. For today though, my leg workout consisted of three exercises: Hindu squats, jumper squats, and jumping lunges. These three alone got the trick done -I was breathing like I had attempted to climb Everest within about 10 minutes. It’s cold where I’m at currently, but I worked up pretty a good sweat - again, all in 10 minutes. That leg workout then gave me the “boost” I needed to get through my entire (and full body) workout, which we’ll get into later.
 
In the meantime,  if your looking for a full body workout  - then click here for a program that will allow you to get great results from a 5 minute workout. 

Get fit - fast!

Rahul