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Best Leg ExercisesThe legs muscles are extremely strong. In my mind, the following exercises are among the best leg exercises for strengthening the various leg muscles - whether large or small. Having said that, variety is the key, it's best to vary your exercises every 4 - 5 weeks if possible. After you've been using the same workout routine for a few weeks, the best leg workout is one that introduces a new exercise. After doing that, you'll really feel the burn! Ah yes, the mighty squat. This is one of the best leg exercises. If, for some reason, you can only do one leg exercise in your leg workout routine, do this. You'll build up enormous strength and muscle size in your legs with this exercise. The squat goes hard on your quads, hamstrings, and your glutes (your butt). You'll also get a pretty good back and ab workout with this too. Although squats are normally done with a barbell on your back, it is possible to do them without any weight. However, because your legs are so strong, you'll eventually find that you'll need to add weight. To do this, you need a squat rack (or a smith machine). The following steps assume you have a squat rack.
By placing your feet wider, you emphasise your hamstrings. Narrower, and you emphasise your quads. Now, I cannot stress enough how important it is to keep your back arched as you bring the weight back up. This is the key to lifting heavy weights. Many people hurt their backs performing squats because they bend their backs as they try to lift the weight back up. Doing this can also put you off balance and cause you to fall forward. Another exercise that's great for the quads, hamstrings, and glutes (your butt). The leg press requires a leg press machine.
By placing your feet wider, you emphasise your hamstrings. Narrower, and you emphasise your quads. One benefit of the leg press is that it allows you to go really heavy without placing undue stress on your back. The back of the leg press machine provides you with excellent back support. Where the squat, lunge, and leg press are great overall leg exercises, this exercise isolates your quads. The leg extension requires a leg extension machine. You may need to adjust the machine so that the roller pads sit where your legs meet the top of your feet.
This exercise isolates your hamstrings. This exercise requires a lying leg curl machine.
This exercise isolates your calves. This exercise requires a calf raise machine. You can also perform it using steps, however, you will need to balance yourself by holding on to something.
Great for the quads, hamstrings, and glutes (your butt). Also works a bunch of stabilizer muscles.
Now, it's one thing learning about the best leg exercises, but that's no good if you don't integrate them into an an effective workout routine. To do this, read the Leg Workout Routine. Enjoy this site?
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