Stronger Legs With Lunges
January 29, 2009
If you want those stronger, bigger, more muscular legs you’ve often admired on footballers and athletes, perhaps it’s time to work up to some manly exercise routines like doing lunges for toning up the hips, thighs and butt with lunges!
The exercises covered here today are intense weight-training methods to help you shape your lower body, especially giving you stronger, toned legs as they focus on your quadriceps, (muscles in the front of the thighs) besides the hamstrings and gluteal muscles side-by-side.
You need to ensure there is enough room to perform these exercises and the variations without stepping into something (or someone) else, so choose an open space where you can take a full step with one leg and still have one-arm room in case you drop the dumb-bell.
Start with the Front Lunges and by holding the barbell in a position that keeps your hands a little more than shoulder-width apart; then raise the barbell overhead and rest it on your shoulders (behind) as you spread your feet apart at the same distance as you did your hands first. Take care to ensure your front knee doesn’t go beyond your toes through the entire exercise. Now, assume the middle position – by stepping forward as much as you can with your left leg till the time its tops is nearly parallel to the floor. Keep the other leg as straight as possible. Finish off the front lunge exercise by resuming start position and repeating with the right leg.
For a more advanced and faster way to building stronger legs, also combine Side Lunges into your workout: in this move, begin by holding down a pair of dumb-bells beside you while you keep feet pointed forward and abs pulled in tight; then, step out to the right side and reach for the floor with your arms kept stretched to opposite sides of the knee you are lunging and try touching the dumbbells to the floor; hold for a second or two before pushing back to your start position.
6-10 reps of each exercise are sure to show benefits of stronger legs in about 4-6 weeks, so lunge for these daily pro-leg workouts now!
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