Hi, everyone. Just started Oxycising, and just looking over some of the posts has been really helpful. I would like to know if there's anyone here in the Boston area. That's where I live. Also, the muscles in my butt and upper legs are almost nonexistent. Any ideas. So happy to be here. Support definitely helps. Thanks.

welcome to the board. As far as mucles in the butt area go, I follow what jill said to do in the book. Whenever I do the basic breath and the ab lift and tuck, I squueze all the muscles around my butt and inner thigh area as hard as I can and then continue on into the position. This helps ALOT with firming up your backside. As far as the inner thighs and stuff goes, I've sorta made up a few of my own positions. I bought the whole package with level one and all that and used to do bodyflex(which didn't work and is why I switched b/c this does) but right now money is really tight for me, so I can't buy the higher levels or the ab and upper body workout like I want to. SO, what I've done is incorporated a few poses from a yoga DVD I have as well as some general stretches that I remember from tae-bo workouts and stuff. I love doing yoga but don't always have the time. I do O 2x a day and I just do the breath while in these positions. If you're not familuar with any kind of yoga stretches or asanas (poses) then my advice to you would be to go into your local market or book store and hit the magazine rack for any and all fitness magazines. You DON"T HAVE TO BUY THEM!!!! Just take a flip through and see what excerises they suggest for the areas you want to shrink and do those stretches while doing the breath. OR, you could just continue doing the basic level 1 workout and really SQUEEZE and TIGHTEN those specific areas that you want to firm up and with time, you'll be losing those inches like crazy. It really doesn't matter what position you're doing though, as long as your putting stress on that part of the body. B/C whenever you tighten, stretch or strain a part of the body it immediatly demands blood and oxygen which, if doing the breath, you'll get plenty of. I hope this was helpful. Like I said, right now I'm just doing the L1 workout twice a day with about 4 extra positions that I've made up to try and firm some areas. My problem is my trunk area(stomach, chest, back, love handles) the typical male problem areas. I blame my mother!LOL She has an apple shape too! Good luck and keep breathing.