Kat:

The bulk that some women see in the lower half of their body is nothing more than muscle with fat on top of it.

The idea is to strip the unwanted body fat away and expose the lean muscle that's underneath. The best way to do this is what I like to call the Big Three; weight training cardio and proper nutrition.

When it comes weight training I believe you must challenge you're muscles. Lifting light weighs that are easy for you is like running a race at half speed; you're probably not going to win. In fact I believe it will lead to frustration when little to no results are accomplished.

The rule of thumb is to lift weights that are difficult but can be done with good form. When you feel like you can do 2-3 more repetitions it's usually time to add some weight. This technique will tighten muscles as well as help jump start the metabolism.

Don't get me wrong, you don't need to lift huge amounts of joint busting weight to get results.

There are many other ways to add intensity to you're workouts without risking injury. I like to do simple things like changing the order of exercises, reducing rest periods, adding more repetitions, lifting on different days as well as periodically adding weight.

The main idea is to keep you're body guessing by changing the difficulty of you're workouts.

Avoid getting in the habit of lifting the same amount of weight, with the same old boring exercises, for the same amount of repetitions day after day.

It's important to remember that we all have stubborn body parts that tend to hold more fat. For many women it's the legs, hips and butt due to the fact that mother nature has prepared them to bear children.

The bottom line is that we all have the same muscles underneath we just have to expose them by reducing the overall body fat. A great way to accomplish this is by lifting weights that challenge our bodies.

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