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Blog: Top 5 Exercises to Tone Your Legs
Keeping your legs strong and stable with these five exercises will keep your body fit and healthy!
It is important to have strong legs! Your legs are your power house and help to keep you balanced and moving all throughout your day. Working out your legs has many benefits that will increase your overall health.
By keeping your legs in good shape you will have more energy doing house hold chores or doing fun things like playing with your kids. You will have better balance with strong legs which will help you to avoid injuries. And If you are an athlete, having strong legs is critical to improving in your sport.
When you workout your legs you are using big muscle such as the quadriceps, hamstrings, abductors, abductors, gluteus and calves. By working all these muscle groups you will be burning maximum calories during your workout. Here are the top 5 exercises to make your leg workouts effective and efficient.
The Deadlift is a great exercise that mainly hits the hamstrings and gluteus. This exercise is a very functional exercise, meaning it will help you in everyday life activities, The deadlift burns lots of calories and promotes muscle growth. They will help your flexibility and strengthen your back and core.
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The step-up is a wonderful compound movement to have in your leg workout. It primarily works the quad but the hamstring and gluteus help to assist in the movement. This is a great exercise to preform to keep your heart rate up during your workout.
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The lunge is an awesome exercise that will help increase your leg strength. The lunge targets the quads, but uses the hamstrings and gluteus as secondary muscle groups. The exercise will help increase your hip flexor flexibility and overall stability of your body. It is a very functional exercise and will also burn many calories during your workout.
Calf Raises are a good exercise to do while training the legs. The two muscles used are the gastrocnemius and soleus. By strengthening these two muscles you can reduce the amount of stress on your Achilles tendon. Strong calves will help you jump higher to help you through any plyometric exercises you preform.
By doing these five exercise you will gain lots of strength, flexibility, endurance and increase your overall fitness level.
A great workout for these five exercises would be:
2 sets of 15 Squats
Spin - 2 minutes
2 sets of 15 Deadlifts
Incline Treadmill - 2 minutes
2 sets of 15 Step-ups (each leg)
Spin - 2 minutes
2 sets of 15 Lunges (each leg)
Sprint (treadmill) - 2 minutes
2 sets of 15 Calf Raises
Now try to do that circuit one more time through. If you can do this you are well on your way to a strong and fit body. Good luck on training your legs! Make sure you eat a proper diet to go along with all your hard work put into your workouts.
Jessica Unbewust
co-owner
ferrum fitness
