Superwomen Boot Camp Trainer Val Fujii Reveals His Favorite Lower Body Exercise
One of the most common areas of concern for people is the lower body, specifically the butt and thighs. Today this Folsom personal trainer shares his favorite lower body exercise and all of its awesome variations.
Folsom, CA, May 28, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Val Fujii, a certified personal trainer and fitness boot camp instructor, gets a lot of questions regarding what exercises are best for building sexy glutes. Fujii says, “One of the most common areas of concern is the lower body, specifically the butt and thighs. Today I’m going to share my personal favorite lower body exercise and all of its awesome variations. It’s called the Rear-Foot Elevated Lunge Variation (a.k.a. Bulgarian Split Squat). Fujii goes on to add, “This exercise is so effective that you’ll pretty much make your body thunder-thigh proof and beach body ready by the start of the summer once you master it!”
Fujii is quick to point out that he is a fervent believer in total body training, "Meaning that we train the upper body, lower body, and core during every single workout. By training the whole body at once we maximally stimulate lean muscle gain and metabolism and promote total body fat burning in order to effectively eliminate the body fat that is hiding those areas that people are having trouble seeing. Plus, a diet high in lean protein, fiber, and green veggies and low in unnatural fats and refined sugars and starches is a must if you want to see your muscles pop in a good way. Fujii goes on to mention that it is important to know that you lose fat in a genetically predetermined way, “Meaning that you can do all the crunches you want but without total body training, proper eating habits, and enough time to get to those stubborn fat areas you will never get rid of your gut, jiggly arms, or the junk in the trunk.”
With the Rear-Foot Elevated Lunge, Fujii says, “Basically we’re going to elevate the back foot on a chair, bench or any other sturdy foot support, usually about 12-18 inches high. You’ll put your front leg well in front of you in order to make sure that your front knee and ankle are lined up. In general, I tell people to exaggerate how far you put your front leg forward so that the front knee is almost slightly behind the ankle as this really helps reduce sheer force on the knees. Initiate the exercise by loading the front heel and dropping your hips as low as you can in a pain-free range of motion while staying really tall up top with a proud chest and shoulders. Fujii adds, “Finish the rep by explosively driving through your front heel to return to the top of the movement. You can start with body weight only in search of front thigh parallel to the floor or lower depth and then progress by adding speed of movement or by adding dumbbells. You can even incorporate some very cool combination movements with this lower body exercise like adding a curl to press at the top of the movement or even by raising dumbbells overhead to really challenge your core and single-leg balance and stability.”
“I have yet to find an exercise that hits the legs as hard as this baby does. In particular, it really helps strengthen your vastus medialis muscle, that inner quad muscle that looks like a teardrop, that is heavily responsible for tracking your patella and keeping you knee caps in line.” Fujii mentions that if you have a history of over-training or patella-femoral issues this exercise is phenomenal for keeping your knees as bulletproof as possible.
He also states that what is great about it too is that is provides a very good stretch for the hip flexor of your back leg, an area that is often very tight, especially for women. “Any exercise that allows you to simultaneously stretch and strengthen your body is a real keeper. Don’t waste another moment and get off your butt and crank it with the world’s best lower body exercise today.”
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Val Fujii is a local Folsom/El Dorado Hills’ fitness boot camp instructor and real world fat loss expert. As a fitness and tennis trainer, he has helped people successfully achieve their weight loss and fitness related goals for almost a decade. To book him to speak at your local Folsom/El Dorado Hills’ company, club, or organization, please contact him by email at superwomenbootcamp@gmail.com or by phone at 916.337.4780.
Fujii is quick to point out that he is a fervent believer in total body training, "Meaning that we train the upper body, lower body, and core during every single workout. By training the whole body at once we maximally stimulate lean muscle gain and metabolism and promote total body fat burning in order to effectively eliminate the body fat that is hiding those areas that people are having trouble seeing. Plus, a diet high in lean protein, fiber, and green veggies and low in unnatural fats and refined sugars and starches is a must if you want to see your muscles pop in a good way. Fujii goes on to mention that it is important to know that you lose fat in a genetically predetermined way, “Meaning that you can do all the crunches you want but without total body training, proper eating habits, and enough time to get to those stubborn fat areas you will never get rid of your gut, jiggly arms, or the junk in the trunk.”
With the Rear-Foot Elevated Lunge, Fujii says, “Basically we’re going to elevate the back foot on a chair, bench or any other sturdy foot support, usually about 12-18 inches high. You’ll put your front leg well in front of you in order to make sure that your front knee and ankle are lined up. In general, I tell people to exaggerate how far you put your front leg forward so that the front knee is almost slightly behind the ankle as this really helps reduce sheer force on the knees. Initiate the exercise by loading the front heel and dropping your hips as low as you can in a pain-free range of motion while staying really tall up top with a proud chest and shoulders. Fujii adds, “Finish the rep by explosively driving through your front heel to return to the top of the movement. You can start with body weight only in search of front thigh parallel to the floor or lower depth and then progress by adding speed of movement or by adding dumbbells. You can even incorporate some very cool combination movements with this lower body exercise like adding a curl to press at the top of the movement or even by raising dumbbells overhead to really challenge your core and single-leg balance and stability.”
“I have yet to find an exercise that hits the legs as hard as this baby does. In particular, it really helps strengthen your vastus medialis muscle, that inner quad muscle that looks like a teardrop, that is heavily responsible for tracking your patella and keeping you knee caps in line.” Fujii mentions that if you have a history of over-training or patella-femoral issues this exercise is phenomenal for keeping your knees as bulletproof as possible.
He also states that what is great about it too is that is provides a very good stretch for the hip flexor of your back leg, an area that is often very tight, especially for women. “Any exercise that allows you to simultaneously stretch and strengthen your body is a real keeper. Don’t waste another moment and get off your butt and crank it with the world’s best lower body exercise today.”
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Val Fujii is a local Folsom/El Dorado Hills’ fitness boot camp instructor and real world fat loss expert. As a fitness and tennis trainer, he has helped people successfully achieve their weight loss and fitness related goals for almost a decade. To book him to speak at your local Folsom/El Dorado Hills’ company, club, or organization, please contact him by email at superwomenbootcamp@gmail.com or by phone at 916.337.4780.
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