Exercise Advice: Stand next to a flat bench with dumbbells in each hand hanging at your sides. Step up onto the bench with one foot and then bring up the other foot so that you end up standing on the bench with both feet. To return to the floor, carefully step backward off of the bench with the same foot
Overview: The barbell front squat is a powerful multi-joint compound exercise that helps to increase size and strength in the lower body. The primary focus is on the muscles located on the front of the thighs when performing this movement and it’s a fantastic exercise to include in your CrossFit WODs (workout of the day). Muscles Targeted: When you perform a
Exercise Advice: Position yourself in the Leg Press Machine (also know as the ‘Leg Sled’) with your feet about 12 – 15 inches apart. Slowly bring your knees in toward your chest, lowering the weight platform. Once lowered, return the platform to the start position by fully extending your legs (however, do not lock your knees out and allow there
Exercise Advice: Grab a pair of dumbbells and hold them at your sides, palms facing each other. Stagger your stance, with your front foot 2-4 feet in front of your rear foot. Stay on the toes of your rear foot. Lower your hips until your front thigh is at least parallel to the floor. Push through your front heel, and
Exercise Instructions: The sumo deadlift is performed in the following way. Begin with the barbell placed on the floor, not too far out from your shins. Assume a “sumo stance”, with your feet wide apart and use an overhand grip (meaning your palms are facing away from you), and place your hands in the middle of the barbell. Your hands
Overview: The walking lunge is a very effective bodyweight exercise used in CrossFit to strengthen and tone your lower body. This is an exercise that can be performed as part of your warm-up process before moving onto more advanced movements, or you can make it part of your leg training routine. A walking lunge, as the name suggests, is a basic lunge
A common knee injury is the meniscus tear. The meniscus is a rubbery, C-shaped disc that cushions your knee. The knee has two menisci, one on the outer edge of the knee and one on the inner edge. The menisci keep your knees steady by balancing your weight. A torn meniscus can prevent your knee from working correctly. A tear
Who doesn’t want a perfectly shaped gravity-defying butt? These exercises will target - tone & firm up your glutes & thighs fast. Want a firm bum? Look no further! Lose the flopping booty and get a perfectly toned posterior with this 10-minute firm butt workout. These exercises will help you to strengthen your buttocks, thighs, back and get you a
The overall plan of any weight trainer should be to establish a routine that helps to develop lean muscle mass in a completely balance fashioned. That means that each muscle group is targeted through consistent and alternating workouts. The result is that each of the muscle groups will work in tandem with each other to produce optimal results. Whether you’re training to
For several years the fight over which exercise is better for legs has been doing the rounds and unfortunately none of them has managed to found a clear winner. Even though both the exercises are know for their many benefits in improving leg strength, there has always been a debate over which is the best exercise for legs. The ongoing
