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MANDY VFT
I hope you don’t mind but I wanted to go over a little bit more about how to reduce cellulite if we could.
JOEY
Yes, sure.
MANDY VFT
And I know for so many women cellulite is a total pain in the butt literally and they really feel like reducing their cellulite isn’t possible, so I just wanted to know if you could run over a little bit about what cellulite is and why we get it and also why even though they train all the time and they participate in sporting activities and they get cellulite. And a few key areas in which women can help combat cellulite by their training or by their diet or whatever you feel would kick start their progress with it.
JOEY
Absolutely. This is huge. OK, let’s take this piece by piece and if I don’t cover something just bring it up because this is a huge topic with many sub-categories in it. Let’s take for example the active woman who participates in sports and exercise or what have you who still feels that she has cellulite and wants to get rid of it.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
Just because a woman is active, let’s say she plays tennis and she jogs and she does some circuit training a couple of times a week, that does not mean that she is going to be cellulite free because some people told her that exercise gets rid of cellulite. There are very specific moves and lower body exercises that do help get rid of cellulite.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
So it’s not just a generalization to say exercise can get rid of cellulite or it does get rid of cellulite, there are very specific things to do to reduce and give yourself a better chance of getting rid of your cellulite.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
So we’re starting to split hairs now because we’re talking about the words we’re using and what defines exercise. I’ve had plenty of women over the years who look fantastic with clothes on, stunning. They don’t have to lose weight. They didn’t want to reduce their clothing size, they felt fantastic dressed up.
MANDY VFT
Yeah.
JOEY
And these women worked out, generally speaking they were active, played tennis or golf or went jogging or did Pilates or whatever, considered themselves exercisers. However in a bathing suit or when it came to get naked, they did not like seeing themselves in the mirror or being seen by other people because they felt they had this appearance of cellulite.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
And they were baffled that they were so active and they were not overweight how could they still have what we use the word as cellulite, this bumpiness in the skin.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
The basic truth is and was that they were not doing very specifically targeted exercises for those muscle layers underneath their cellulite areas to create maximum muscle density to push out against the skin to make that skin as smooth and tight as possible.
MANDY VFT
Yes. I hope everyone’s taking note here because this is really important and you’ll really benefit from learning this stuff from Joey.
JOEY
Yes, this is huge. It’s so simple that it almost sounds ridiculous but it’s as true as true can be. Playing tennis or doing Pilates is very different than doing specifically targeted exercises for your most hardest to reach leg, butt, hip and thigh muscles.
MANDY VFT
Yep.
JOEY
And when you can tone and firm and define those hardest to reach three hundred and something leg, butt, hip and thigh muscles in the pelvic region you’re going to reduce your cellulite and sometimes even get rid of it. This is not me talking, these are women over the years saying ‘oh my God, I used to do A, B, C and D, and it never changed my cellulite. Now I do this and the cellulite’s disappearing, almost gone’. It’s much easier to just see and watch it happen as it is to explain because the explanation sounds even simpler. Most people are led to believe that exercise gets rid of cellulite so if I go to the gym and I do all these different leg machines because there’s 50 of them and then you do a certain diet and I do a certain amount of cardio, then my cellulite will be gone.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
Well guess what? No, that’s not always true and usually it’s not true more so than it is true.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
Because even getting on all these different leg machines still does not have you accessing all these hundreds of muscles in your lower body. It only has you focusing on a few of the big ones.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
That’s cool for certain things and for some women it actually works to give them the results that they’re happy with.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
But for most women it’s a matter of accessing those other few hundred muscles that the big machines can’t get access to.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
Does that make sense?
MANDY VFT
Definitely and I know myself compared to using gym equipment or basic leg exercises, your program really hits muscles that probably most women didn’t even know they had. You could really feel it working and I think anyone who has tried your program will be able to verify that anyway but also they will have noticed the difference when they dedicated themselves to it, the results. I’ve seen so many people battle with cellulite and see them go about trying to combat it in such an incorrect way and I can understand why people feel that it’s not possible to be able to get rid of it or greatly reduce it but it is possible and stuff that you learn from Joey today will make a big difference to it.
JOEY
I’ve got to talk about this because to me this is second nature but when most other people hear this, it’s like wow that’s powerful.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
I do these lower body workouts for women for my own workout.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
I’m a guy.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
And my legs, they look great. My butt, I have women that compliment me on my butt and they want to know what I do.
MANDY VFT
I don’t know who’s already friends with Joey on Facebook but he has a multitude of fans and plenty of photos of himself as well, so if you’re not sure about this you can always go check out his Facebook account and take a look there.
JOEY
I’ll add a few more with my tight jeans on too so you can see.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
But the truth is, from as far back as I can remember, the more I started doing this stuff my closest friends, the girls, would say what the hell do you do? I’m jealous, you have an ass that’s nicer than mine. This is crazy, give me the secrets.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
Well the secrets are I do everything that I teach women to do.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
And trust me. I used to lift the heaviest damn weights for a guy my size and height that I could lift. I used to squat over 400 pounds on a bar on my back. Forget about everything else like the leg press machines, all that stuff, I used to max them out and I used to kill myself. I don’t lift weights any more for my lower body and my lower body looks better than it ever has and it feels a bazillion times better than it ever has. I get muscle soreness in places, pleasant soreness, that I would never get by cranking out these big heavy painstaking weight machines and squat racks and stuff from my younger years. So I know for a fact that they hit places and muscle groups and fibers that just simply don’t get that same stimulation as when you are doing these typical gym exercises. And I speak that from personal example and from my own progression not just from what I’m trying to tell people.
MANDY VFT
Yes. I know myself years ago when I first tried your program and round about that time I was doing pretty heavy weights on the leg press and to the point where the leg press machine that I was actually using at the gym, it didn’t allow for too much extra weight on it so I used to get people to sit on the top of it which you’ve probably seen at the gym yourself and obviously I would look for someone who was a little bit smaller, I didn’t want a six foot four beast sitting on the top there, but little ladies I would ask them if they could sit on the top for me just to add more resistance and sure my legs would get sore and all of that type of stuff but I found that when I first tried your workout my legs got really, really sore and it was awesome, not in a bad way sore, but I really felt that it hit so many different areas and the changes and the stimulation for a new type of shape to my legs that I experienced compared to what I had been doing.
JOEY
Absolutely, that’s the magic.
MANDY VFT
I want to know in your professional opinion how many training sessions per week does it take and how much time does it take per week to be able to, using fairly laser focused and specific exercises that you recommend, how much time would you spend per week on your lower body routine?
JOEY
Let’s say that your lower body is like the main thing you want to change and target and improve. Three times a week on a well rounded program for your lower body is ideal. There will probably be some cardio and a little bit of core training involved and then depending on if you’re trying to slim down or build up will affect some of the nutritional aspects of that. But generally speaking, three good sessions a week to get to where you want to be and the maintenance is different depending on where you’re battling. The maintenance could be twice a week. Some women just like doing it every other day no matter what, so sometimes it’s three times a week, sometimes it’s four times a week. That becomes their fitness routine.
MANDY VFT
Yes, I was just going to say I suppose too when the results start kicking in I’m sure they become a bit addicted to it as well?
JOEY
Absolutely. Some of them, this is what they do, it has worked, it’s working and it feels good to them so it’s just something they want to keep doing.
MANDY VFT
Yes. Joey, I’ve got another question for you too. We’ve mentioned this or have had conversations about this via Skype and via email and you’ve mentioned that the workouts that you’ve described use all the muscles and the muscle fibers in the lower body that normal workouts just don’t offer and once again due to time constraints, we can’t get into all the details of that here but for those attending this webinar today, can you explain what you mean by that? Because this is the difference isn’t it between knowing when you’re doing, when you’re training your lower body and achieving your results compared to feeling frustrated and floundering with your training because you’re just not using the correct exercises in your lower body workouts.
JOEY
You’ve come to the right person for that. Here’s the thing. I don’t know how it’s going to sound but…
MANDY VFT
We don’t mind.
JOEY
This is like 25 years of experience. A health club, a fitness center, a gym has to have all these machines inside of it otherwise it’s not a health club, a fitness center or a gym.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
Now in your typical health club or fitness center or gym, you have all these different machines and even now in two thousand or whatever it is, all these machines, they might even be the latest and the greatest and brand new, all they are are modern versions of machines that existed in the 70s. They’re just more space age looking, cleaner but they do the same exact things even though they look cooler and they’re more artistic or smoother or whatever you want to do, they still work the same muscle groups they did back then.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
So you essentially have these machines that were invented in the 70s when the health clubs started coming into the norm. So they still work the same muscle groups, they still work in the same way but what’s lost is that you don’t have this focus on the body itself, you have this focus on the machine and the movement of the machine. So you lose the focus on the body and the movement of the body and the body’s own muscles because you’re trying to move this machine’s chain and cam and waist stack or whatever it is because there’s a bunch of different variations but they all have the same movements and so they still work the big muscle fibers the same way as we did 40 years ago. Now when we take all that away, and when we have to use the body against gravity and we use the body the way it’s naturally meant to move to stimulate all your different fibers and muscle groups, then we have a whole new way of achieving that stimulation and that stimulation results in a lot of other muscle groups and fibers coming into play to perform certain movements and other movements as part of that program. So the results are different.
MANDY VFT
Yes, and that’s exactly what I wanted you to explain, that’s spot on
MANDY VFT
There is another question that I wanted to ask. Do you get a lot of folks wanting to know if the type of lower body workouts that you prescribe, can also benefit their abdominals as well and would you mind expanding on that a little for us?
JOEY
Nice one, beautiful question. When we talk about the abdominal area and the abs and the tummy and the belly, we absolutely talk about the core. It’s just that most people don’t connect the core with the abs and the belly and the midriff or the tummy.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
The truth is a good core is going to give you good abs, belly, midriff whatever you want to call it. The nature of the body weight workout that I’ve put together for the lower body is that it does involve a lot of the core. Because of that, because of a lot of the core muscles being involved, there is also core training involved. By nature of the program itself, the abs and the belly do get results as well. OK?
MANDY VFT
Yep.
JOEY
So the lower body as a whole, when we talk about the lower body muscle groups the way they’re trained in my programs is that they are all used in a system, the way the body is meant to be used in the first place.
MANDY VFT
Yes.
JOEY
We’re not trying to isolate anything but rather we’re using muscle groups and regions collectively as a system, the way the body is meant to work together. So a lot of these exercises do involve muscles of the middle and lower core which of course are the abs and the belly and the stomach. By nature of the program itself, there are improvements and enhancements in the stomach and belly region so you get the strengthening, the toning, the tightening and the flattening but you also get for women who have extra fat and flab to burn off their bellies, if they are following the lower body program consistently two to three times a week, they’re also going to start burning that fat and flab off as well.
MANDY VFT
Yes, that makes perfect sense. Do you mind if I ask you one more diet question?
JOEY
Not at all, go ahead.
MANDY VFT
What type of eating sources do you recommend to really maximize the results of what we’ve discussed today and could you include a few of your favorite food sources that are at the top of your list when it comes to sculpting and defining the lower body?
JOEY
Absolutely. On this answer we have to have two different groups. We have to have the group that’s trying to slim down and lose some weight while they’re toning.
MANDY VFT
Yep.
JOEY
And then the group that’s trying to build up and sculpt out curves because they feel they’re too light or underweight. For simplicity’s sake, the group that feels like they’re too slim and skinny or underweight who want to build up curvaceous, firm curves and lift things, they need more healthy calories in their diet. The easiest way to add healthy calories into a diet that’s intended for building up curves and building the body up is by adding healthy fats and a great way to add healthy fats is through various types of nuts, because nuts carry proteins with them as well, beans, avocados are a great way to add healthy fat and fiber to your diet. Extra virgin olive oil, whole eggs, not just egg whites, I’m not a big fan of egg whites no matter what, when you eat a whole egg you get a lot of good nutrients and some healthy fats in there as well.
MANDY VFT
Yep.
JOEY
If you’re OK with all dairy products, you can add some tasty cheeses to your diet if you’re trying to add extra calories because cheeses are a good combo of protein and fat. So beyond that it becomes a matter of being consistent with the workouts and your nutrition intake. So those are your leverage points there.
MANDY VFT
Yep.
JOEY
For the women trying to slim down, who are trying to slim down and keep those curves and tone and lift, the leverage points are eliminating empty calories from the diet which could be from fake diet foods, with fake sweeteners, they could be from high volume processed carbohydrates. It could be from a lack of fibrous healthy vegetables, volume fibrous vegetables, salads, it could be from unhealthy proteins from fast food meals like fried chicken. Most people think there’s a lot of protein in fried chicken which is true but there’s also a lot of garbage that comes in fried chicken as well.
MANDY VFT
There sure is.
JOEY
So it’s a matter if that woman is trying to slim down and tone and lift to add healthy vegetables prepared in really tasty and nutritious ways and replace empty highly processed carbohydrate foods with healthier fibrous salad dishes and healthy main proteins, again that are prepared in tasty kinds of ways, not just steamed in water and served with no flavoring. We’re not training for body building competitions here which is a rule in itself but you may go in after those goals in real life there’s still a happy medium in terms of leaving behind your unhealthy habits and following healthy habits but still having them be enjoyable.
MANDY VFT
Yes, that’s so important. There are so many different diets on the market at the moment and let’s face it every few months there’s a new one coming out.
JOEY
Yes, absolutely. Look, the truth is there’s no one specific solution for everybody. There’s probably a handful of good solutions for most people but ninety something per cent of what’s presented out there is not the solution for most people. When it sounds too good to be true it is. Don’t ever think that you can’t do a little bit of work and a little bit of conscious effort in any kind of thing that’s going to make a really impactful difference in your health and your body and your life. So you have got to be able to realize that there’s got to be some substance to what you’re trying to do for the significant changes you’re trying to make.
JOEY
Long term is the key because if you find something that works but you can’t do it long term then what good is it? The key is to find something that works that you can do forever because that’s where the real difference is.
MANDY VFT
I can see people probably writing down all the what not to dos and the what to dos that you’ve been talking about and they’re probably thinking to themselves oh my God what have I been doing all this time? Unfortunately that’s the way that it is, isn’t it, and it’s tough for people and one of the goals of this today was to help people cut through the clutter and the hype of this topic so they can really focus on what’s going to work for them and bring them better results and more effective results as well.
JOEY
Absolutely.
JOEY
We’ve covered a lot of stuff and the key is any one particular person listening to this, not everything we spoke about may apply to them but each person has to realize that there are so many different types of people listening to this that we have to try to help everybody understand what we’re trying to teach and share with them from their perspective. So we have a lot of perspectives to cover and we have a lot of information to share with each of those different types of perspectives. That was really our aim so it probably has gone longer than most other training events have gone out there.
MANDY VFT
We might have set a record Joey.
JOEY
We’re doing it.
MANDY VFT
We’d better wrap this up because we’re really going over time but it’s been excellent and I’m so glad that we got to go through all this awesome advice today. Thanks heaps, Joey, for taking the time today to do this webinar. We really appreciate it.
JOEY
A pleasure.
MANDY VFT
Joey and I are both really excited to hear your feedback and comments from everyone attending and to hear your progress and your results that you achieve from what you’ve learned today and how you’ve been able to apply it to your own lower body programs and let us know how you’re going with reducing your stubborn cellulite too with all Joey’s awesome tips that he’s given you.
JOEY
Awesome. You know we do this to educate, to help people, make you see a difference in perspective, to maybe help you realize that something you’ve tried out in the past wasn’t the right thing to try. We understand that because this is the line of work we’re in. But we do want to hear from you, we want to know that good things are happening. We want your success stories. The more you can share the better and the only way to make this message spread out more for other women to be able to benefit just the same is by sharing it. So if you share it with them or you share it with us and we can share it openly, we’re both open to doing that and actually appreciate that so feel free to reach out. We’d love to hear from you and any way this has helped, we would love to know about it definitely.
MANDY VFT
Thanks everyone so much today for participating in this and for giving us the opportunity to spend more time with you as well to help you turn around your lower body training and really get you on track and focus with your workout so that you can accomplish the results that you really deserve to achieve. We’ll be providing a comments section and you’re more than welcome to use that if you want to offer some feedback in there. We look forward to hearing from you and appreciate each and every single one of your amazing comments. So take care and we’ll be talking with you again soon and go kick butt with your lower body training.
JOEY
Awesome stuff Mandy. Take care, talk soon.
MANDY VFT
OK, take care everyone.
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