NOPE, YOU'RE NOT THAT GUY IN THE WEIGHT ROOM. You know, the one with the impressive upper body and, um, no legs. No sir, on the contrary. You've been diligent. You're balanced. You've worked hard to grow those wheels, embarking on leg day with as much fear as anticipation. In fact, "leg day" has more meaning for you than it does for most guys. And because of that, you have something to fine-tune — otherwise you'd be looking for the "Get Legs in Four Weeks" article, right? So we salute those with a good base of quadriceps, hamstring and glute development, and we honour you with numerous ways to tweak and tune your workouts, sending you on your way to even more impressive legs. For you, that's a statement.....
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BUILD YOUR PERFECT BODY – MONTH 9
People often think, incorrectly, that women can't and shouldn't train like their male counterparts. Many women still don't push themselves in the gym because they fear ‘bulking up'. Whether this is your first or latest instalment of Perfect Body, getting the results that you want is this programme's ultimate goal. In other words, we've tried our hardest to make sure that anyone — male or female, beginner or intermediate, Mr. O or Fitness O wannabe — can follow this programme and get the results he or she desires.
They've stood the test of time as adrenaline-pumping workout inspirations for millions of men and women worldwide. Here, M&F ranks the top 10 movie training montages of all time.
If movies in general are eye candy, then good training scenes are eye crack — visual stimuli that get the blood pumping, the heart pounding and the emotion pouring. Yes, they might be formulaic and yes, you usually know how the movie will end, but that doesn't change the fact that the recipe works: 1 hero (Rocky Balboa) + 1 impos ing villain (Apollo Creed) + a few inspirational words ("Win. Win!") + 1 great song ("Gonna Fly Now") + 1 signature training moment (Rocky sprinting up the stairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art) = 1 great training scene.
Simple as that. Use the above formula as Sylvester Stallone did in Rocky II and you have a testosterone sandwich no man can resist. In fact, the Rocky movies
are the undisputed champions of the muscle montage. To back this up, here's a recap of the Italian Stallion's eight minute, two-song, mother of all training scenes in Rocky IV (cue "Hearts on Fire" in your head)....
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