Treat The Cellulite On Your Body Through Bodybuilding

Over 10 years ago, I was a competitive bodybuilder. Needless to say, I could not have any cellulite when I was in those competitions. There were a number of things that I did to achieve that body. Weight training and using my secret weapon, the power of the mind (mind/body connection) played a huge role in getting me into competitive shape. I'm very happy to say that I won some of those competitions. Below is a short explanation on weight training for cellulite and the mind/body connection.

1- Weight Training: This is obvious but a very important point to make to many women out there that are afraid to lift weight for fear of bulking up. If you are a women that really has a tendency to add muscle weight easily, then you may want to keep the weights that you use for your lower body on the lighter side and increase the repetitions. I want to emphasize that most women do not add muscle easily due to hormones. The advantage to having muscle weight in your cellulite prone areas is that the additional muscle will press up against your skin so that it isn't loose. Also, muscle is more metabolically demanding which means you burn more muscle even at rest when you have additional muscle weight.

If you are new to weight training, be sure to start out slowly. There are many methods and techniques, but basically, you choose a body part and focus on working the muscles in that area. An example of that would be your hamstrings. Your hamstrings are located on the back of your upper leg, which is an area where many women have cellulite. If you were working the hamstrings in a gym setting, here is an example (one of many) of how you would work this body part.

Hamstring Curls: Most gyms have a machine or 2 for this. Usually, you lay on your stomach and hook the back of your ankles onto a rolled pad. Taking great care to keep your buttocks down on the machine, you slowly lift the pad up with your ankles and then slowly lower them. When you get to the bottom, don't let the weight stack touch and then slowly lift up again as far as your range of motion will let you. Breath out as you lift up and inhale on the way down.

If you are at home you can simulate this exercise by doing this movement with ankle weights on and laying on the floor on your stomach or over an exercise ball.

Depending on your level, do 1-3 sets of 8-12 repetitions. You should feel a burn but not pain on the last 2 repetitions.

Weighted Lunges: Hold dumbbells at your sides near your hips. Pick a weight that you can handle for 8-12 repetitions. Slowly step forward keeping your shoulders back. When that forward foot touches ground, let both knees bend keeping your weight evenly distributed over both feet. Take care that you let your knees bend very gently. Next, step that forward foot back into place as you straighten your legs up. Alternate your legs for 8-12 repetitions for each leg. Do 1-3 sets. Breath out as you step forward.

2- My Secret Weapon: I used my secret weapon, the power of my mind the entire time that I trained for my competitions. While I was exercising I would picture my muscles and body forming exactly the way I wanted them to be. At night, before I went to sleep, I would picture myself on stage looking the way I wanted to and winning. You too can have a beautiful body by using the power of meditation and visualization.

Renee Feldman MA, founder of http://www.cellulitetips.com is an Exercise Physiologist and Certified Personal Trainer. One of the first personal trainers in the United States, Renee is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine which is the Gold Standard in fitness. Her vast experience ranges from competitve bodybuilding, where she won state wide championships to professional dancing. She has used her education and experience working in Corporate fitness centers, Health Clubs, Y.M.C.A.'s and J.C.C.'s. Renee has an incredibly well developed and diverse background in Meditation and Guided Visualization which she has used to coach her clients for the last 12 years. She also lectures and presents information on fitness, wellness and the mind/body connection. She successfully demonstrated her cellulite reduction methods on television. Her widely popular Cellulite Tip website has been helping women worldwide change their bodies. She is most excited about her new line of videos that can be accessed at http://www.thenotimefitnessvideos.com

Best Bodybuilding Workouts - Reviews Of Routine That Work!

Do you want to build muscle, but find that no matter how hard you train, you don't seem to get the results?

Well if this is you, then pay attention to this article.

You see, the biggest problem with most people when they work out and want to gain muscle is that they're working out the wrong way.

What do I mean?

I mean, these are the telltale signs of not using the right bodybuilding workout routine;

1. Going to the gym 6 or 7 hours a week and getting little or no results.

2. Taking supplements but finding that these aren't really helping (with ineffective workouts they don't work well. In fact, with the best bodybuilding workouts, you don't need supplements anyway)

3. Training consistently for 3 but seeing no results.

Well, when I started I was just the same. I went to the gym 6-7 hours a week for 9 months and my body was about the same as before.

I found it really hard to pack on muscle.

It wasn't that I wasn't working hard. I was. But I realised that my bodybuilding routine must have been wrong as I simply wasn't getting results.

That's when I started looking for the bodybuilding routines that worked.

And yes, they work.

Within 2 weeks I saw a difference already, and by 12 weeks, I gain significant muscle and did it with:

1. half the time at the gym (on average 2.5 to 3 hours a week)

2. enjoying the training much more as I could see the results

3. enjoying the benefits of a good looking body with muscle : )

Which means you get results while spending half the time at the gym. And without relying on expensive supplements either.

You see the bodybuilding routines that work are great as they:

1. uses the principles of bodybuilding to stimulate muscle growth without getting into the 'overtraining' zone.

These principles are used by natural bodybuilders but most people don't even know about.

2. Uses sets and 'supersets' in such a way that the muscles get great stimulation for growth over the next 7 days after each time the muscles are exercised.

And these feel great as they give your muscles a proper workout, yet in half the time.

3. How to specifically change the amount of protein in your diet to get maximum muscle growth. And no, it doesn't involve a high protein diet all the time.

So there you have it.

You can build a good looking body that the girls notice by getting the most important thing right: the bodybuilding workout. Without it, you'll be working out for months and months (or 9 months like I did!) and getting no results.

So if you get the workouts that simply work, you'll see results in half the time at the gym.

And yes, it's wonderful to have a great body, and to see the results of your workouts day by day.

For the bodybuilding workouts that work, see he website in the resource box below.

Lucas Ryan helps you to gain muscle and lose fat so that you can show off your bodybuilding efforts and look ripped in no time. For more valuable tips visit his site to learn how to build muscle fast with the best bodybuilding workout routines, and get real results with your training.