Strengthen Your Lower Body
November 24, 2008
When doing exercises for the lower body, you have to remember to work all muscle groups. By doing more than just one type of exercise, it will improve the quality of your workout as well as your muscle tone.
There are at least 10 different exercises that you can do to improve your quadriceps. Different types of squats for this muscle group are hack squats, front squat, back squat and the basic squat that can also be performed with dumbbells for extra added weight. Other steps to take are lunges, deadlifts, leg extensions, step-ups, a wall sit and don’t forget the 45 degree free weight leg press.
For your inner and outer thighs do side lying leg raises both abduction and adduction. Use ankle weights for a harder work out. Also multi-hip machine extensions, low pulley and abduction/adduction machines are also excellent for your thighs. Don’t worry about how you look on the abduction/adduction machine. Think about how great you will look from using it.
For building solid hamstrings, dumbbells are great for these workouts. Stiff leg deadlifts, prone machine leg curls, standing machine leg curls are just to get you started. Don’t leave out good mornings, hamstring presses and Romanian style dumbbell deadlifts.
Last but not least, don’t leave out your calves. Calf raises should be performed both sitting and standing since they will improve your calve muscles from different positions. Toe presses and donkey calf raises are also excellent exercises to add to your routine. They will have your calves looking as though they are made of steel in no time.
So, remember to add a variety of different positions and steps to your daily routine. This will guarantee that your thighs, calves and quads look just as great as the upper half of your body.
If your routine turns to routine than your workout will not benefit you for very long. After a short period of time, your exercises will only maintain your current and existing body. There will be no change in you if you do not change up your methods.
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