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Weighted Vest Leg Workout with Billy Beck III


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This is an advanced workout targeting the lower body.  If you want to burn fat, tone your thighs and increase performance then challenge yourself with this highly effective workout.

Leg Workout you can do at Home or anywhere

Begin by warming-up (without the vest) with this circuit.

A1. Multi-Directional Lunge 3 reps each position

A2. Squats 10 reps

A3. Jump Squats 10 reps

Rest 30-60 seconds

Then if you are ready to take it to the next level put on the weighted vest.

and repeat the circuit two more times for a total of 3 sets.

Work your way up to 5 circuits over a period of 2-4 weeks.

Billy Beck III

Physical Training - Workouts

Resistance Training 101: Why are lifting weights so important? Should women do it too?

(excerpt of best selling e-book LEAN & Mean: Fat Burning Secrets of the World’s Best Personal Trainer by Billy Beck III)

Resistance Training 101: Why are lifting weights so important? Should women do it too?

Jamie "Big J" Dalton - One of the Super Trainers at BB3 Personal Training & Performance Center knows the value of Resistance Training

Why are lifting weights so important?

1. If you only do aerobic exercise and diet then you will lose muscle. Simply put, if you don’t use it – you lose it. Muscle tissue must be challenged with resistance in order to be stimulated (irritated).

2. Muscle speeds your metabolism. For each pound of muscle you have on your body, you will burn about 50 calories a day just sitting around.

3. Muscle is where fat is burned. Each one of us is born with a certain number of fat cells that we will always have. However, the determining factor in our health and appearance is whether the fat cells are full or empty. In order to release the contents of the fat cell, the fat cell must be transported into the muscle cell specifically to the mitochondria. This organelle Read more