Legs - Who Needs Them?

So I've got these legs right. They are perfectly functional and have done well for me as far as walking, running, jumping and anything similar is concerned. I don't want to bag them too much least they rebel any further than they are. But the fact is - they are just the hardest thing on my body to train!

I thrash them with weights - and I mean I really do smash them sometimes. I do normal squats, wide stance squats, narrow squats, side squats, kick squats, prisoner squats and split squats. Then I lunge. By crickey I lunge! I lunge forwards, backwards, sideways and anyways I can! I even throw in a few jumps in between lunges yet I STILL don't see the changes that I hope for. By rights I should be able to slap on a red one-piece and run exotically down the beach as an extra for Baywatch.....but I certainly can't! I still have round knees and decent wobble somewhere on the back half of them! How can I be sure? Easy - my kids stand behind me when I get out of the shower and wobble those bits and tell me they can see lots of 'bumps and stuff'!!!!! Sigh.

I'm not finished with them yet though. I've still got a bit of fight left in me. A lot actually. And I'll continue on in my quest to find muscles that I can see in the mirror.

Yesterday I commandeered two lovely ladies and we killed our legs all together - it's so much more fun that way! When I do it alone I want to cry. When I hear the others whimpering it actually makes me want to giggle. It's the sadistic side of me.

Anyhow, we only did 4 leg exercises - but each one was paired with a plyometric (jumping) exercise and we completed 4 sets in total. It took a full hour and I gotta say that my legs were shaking with fatigue afterward. I'm pretty sure we all felt the same, and today I'm still suffering. I was very happy instructing the gym circuit class today without having to do it!

Two days ago we blasted chest and upper back, now with nice sore legs I think I'll do a simple bit of cardio for today and get back into some weights tomorrow.

Oh yeah - we all ate brown rice again last night and there was no moaning! I think the taste was masked by the 'hint' of chilli in the beef strips - yum!!! Hopefully I'll get through this thing without estranging my whole family!