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Legs

Legs Exercises

Build lower body strength with leg exercises.

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Weighted Squat

Start by positioning two flat benches shoulder width apart from each other. Stand on top of them and wrap the weighted belt around your waist with the amount of weight you feel comfortable with. Make sure your toes are facing out.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Wide Stance Barbell Squat

This exercise is best performed inside a squat rack for safety purposes. To begin, first set the bar on a rack that best matches your height. Once the correct height is chosen and the bar is loaded, step under the bar and place the back of your shoulders (slightly below the neck) across it.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Wide Stance Stiff Legs

Begin with a barbell loaded on the floor. Adopt a wide stance, and then bend at the hips to grab the bar. Your hips should be as far back as possible, and your legs nearly straight. Keep your back straight, and your head and chest up. This will be your starting position.

Hamstrings
Adductors
Glutes
Intermediate

Windmills

Lie on your back with your arms extended out to the sides and your legs straight. This will be your starting position.

Abductors
Glutes
Hamstrings
Intermediate

World's Greatest Stretch

This is a three-part stretch. Begin by lunging forward, with your front foot flat on the ground and on the toes of your back foot. With your knees bent, squat down until your knee is almost touching the ground. Keep your torso erect, and hold this position for 10-20 seconds.

Hamstrings
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Yoke Walk

The yoke is usually done with a yoke apparatus, but is sometimes seen with refrigerators or other heavy objects.

Quadriceps
Core
Abductors
Intermediate

Zercher Squats

This exercise is best performed inside a squat rack for safety purposes. To begin, first set the bar on a rack that best matches your height. The correct height should be anywhere above the waist but below the chest. Once the correct height is chosen and the bar is loaded, lock your hands together and place the bar on top of your arms in between the forearm and upper arm.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Advanced