- by Joey Atlas, M.S. - Exercise Physiology

You may not like Oprah, you may absolutely love her or you may not even know who she is.

I love what she is doing - and no matter what your opinion of her or your personal situation in life right now - she has something for us, of priceless value - that she is giving away for free - to everyone who wants it. This is information that is not only life changing but literally, world changing. I’m going to show you exactly where to get in on this, but first let me tell you how ‘I found it’.

In the past several years, my yearning for self improvement and my desire to expand how I help people achieve a better body, mind and spirit has helped me open my ears to things that I would not have heard in the past.

Former Muscle-Head Seeks Enlightenment

Remember - I ‘m a former hardcore bodybuilder (drug-free) who has been transformed by my own, internal compass into a ‘whole-istic fitness teacher’. Meaning? Your superficial appearance is only one element of your fitness - it does not define it - nor does it summarize it. Being truly ’sexy’ is not skin deep - it goes much deeper than that… And being ’sexy’ is not about what others think about you - its what you know and believe about yourself…

‘Sexy’ comes in many shapes and sizes. What a boring world it would be if everyone looked exactly the same and we were all ’sexy’.

Back to my original thought…

While I’m no spiritual grand master, I’m learning a lot in a very brief amount of time - from many different sources. One of these sources, that is available for free to anyone reading this article is courtesy of Oprah Winfrey and a close friend of hers, author - Eckhart Tolle. I have XMRadio in my SUV - and while I do love various types of music (very varied) I also hunger for more knowledge and appreciate ‘good’ talk shows that aim to teach and share valuable information. Oprah and Friends is one of those shows (ch 156 on XM) that aims to teach, help and share.

Depending on your psychological age - the material may be very easy for you to grasp, a little challenging to grasp - or not ‘graspable’ at all. Whatever the case - just start listening and following along - if you don’t ‘get it’ now - you may ‘get it’ in a few weeks, months or in a few years. This stuff is so powerful - I can NOT even put it into words - you just have to listen to understand what I mean.

The ‘Whole You’ Versus Your ‘Trouble Spots’

Why am I doing this? Why am I sharing this with you?

Well, I do want to help you with ‘your stubborn problem areas’. I do want you to have better self esteem. I do want you to ‘feel like a woman again’. Because, most importantly I want you to have a better life - and this is the kind of stuff - that if you can start to internalize, makes my offerings get much easier ‘to understand and trust’ and the results you get by implementing my advice helps you realize positive, definite improvements at record speeds… Because your mind ‘is in the right place’.

There are several ways to get this info and it’s also offered as closed captioned - here is the page: (click here => Understand Your Life - and Improve Your World

And - I’ve said it before - I’ll say it again - some of the best things in life really are free.

If you like what I shared with you - please come back and post a comment below - and share this article with your friends and family. And then - also let the people at Oprah know that Joey Atlas pointed you to their offerings - you can do that here:

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Tags: eckhart tolle, mind body spirit, oprah and friends, oprah show, self improvement, womens fitness

As the first blog article on this site I though it would only be fitting that I start off with clearing up one of the most misunderstood aspects of enhancing the female leg, butt, hip and thigh area.

I used to find it irritating that women would continuously ask me the same type of question. I’m talking about different women over the course of time - many years actually. Although it had/has several variations of it - the question sounds like this…

“Joey, what can I do for my flabby thighs? Is there an exercise or a certain food?”

Again - there have been and still are MANY variations to this question (the cellulite on my butt, the fat on my hips, is there a toning pill, a butt firming supplement, etc… etc…) - you get my point, right?

Over the last several years my ‘irritation’ from these questions tuned to intrigue, curiosity and motivation. Intrigued to learn why women haven’t found the answer before they found me, curiosity as the what other “possible answers or solutions” already existed that weren’t getting the job done, and motivation to create the right solutions and then find a way to deliver the information to women who are ready to fix their problem areas properly and permanently.

This site is part of the solution. The title, ‘Leg Exercises Also Get the Butt, Hips and Thighs’, is part of my answer to all the women I’ve been helping over the years. See, there really is no ‘one’ exercise that targets a specific muscle in the lower body.

In the anatomy drawing below - we are looking at the back view of the butt and thigh area - with some of the surface muscles ‘removed’ to allow us to see the deeper layers.

In this image of the back part of the thigh and butt - I spotted about 18 separate muscles - and this is at a quick glance - if I took my time - or found a better image I would be able to easily point out more than that. Keep in mind we basically all have these same muscles (men and women) [In future articles I'll talk about how there are so many body types even though we all have the same bio-mechanical 'parts'.]

The quick point I’m trying to make here is that with all these muscles in the lower body - there is no one exercise that can be labeled as a true ‘isolation’ exercise to ’spot reduce’ or to ‘lift the butt’ - however there are exercises that may “seem” like an isolation exercise that does improve a specific ‘problem area’ - but the truth is, a good butt exercise will also work the hips and thighs - a good leg exercise will also work the butt and thighs and a good thigh exercise will also involve the hips, butt and legs.

If I’ve confused you even more than you were before you read this - no worries - I usually have that initial effect on people - but hang in there - as this will all make perfect sense as I help you sort it out in future articles.

Before I sign off - I want to give you some more insight as to why I’m taking the time to write for you. I just did a quick search for the term ‘leg exercises for women’ - as expected one of my sites came up on the first page - but what also came up was some very scary - if not dangerous, websites and articles. Please note that this is only one term, amongst thousands, that women are looking for help under - and the same danger gets carried over to all these other problem areas.

It’s very hard for the average person to decipher good, fitness and nutrition information from misleading, harmful or just plain bad info.

Most of what I saw was completely inappropriate for the average woman who is searching the internet for leg exercise information. I’m simply taking upon myself to help fix this problem - simply because I care.

Tags: butt hips and thighs, fitness, leg exercises for women, lower body exercise, nutrition, toning