Showing posts with label legs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legs. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Power Thigh Exercise

Power Thigh Exercise


Do you want to know what is the best thigh exercise in the world? Well, I just found one one thigh exercise that will totally kill you thighs and work your butt until you can literally feel it hardening up like steel! Ok, that is a lil bit over the top but honestly, this combination is really powerful!

This power thigh exercise is actually a triset exercise. This means that it is made up from 3 exercises done back to back with minimum rest time.

Why Do It?

This is because doing trisets can really increase the intensity and help break that plateau! Not only that, it also can help you burn up sugar fast. This power thigh exercise triset is made from a squat, a single leg squat and lunge and reach.

The first exercise is the basic barbell squat. After 15 reps of that with moderate weight, straight away stand on one leg and do single leg squats. On the single leg squats, try to go as low as you can while keeping the back straight. Lean forward and keep your free leg out stretched to the back to maintain balance.

Then, move on top lunge and reach. It is like the power lunge. Stand with your feet side by side. Then take one big step and reach over to touch the toes. Move back and then repeat with the other feet.

On this power thigh exercise, make sure you exert yourself darn well to see results. Do 15 reps on the squat, 15 reps on each leg on the single leg squat and 10 on each leg for the lunge and reach.

Try this exercise, you will feel the pain on the quads and butt the very next day!

Thigh Exercise

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Butt Exercise! A Must Do Exercise In Your Leg Workout

Butt Exercise

Getting the right butt exercise is difficult because a lot of leg exercises do not really target the butt specifically. The quads and hamstrings will always come in to play. But with this exercise called one-legged squat, you definitely can feel the butt getting worked like crazy!

The reason behind this is because the butt main function is to stabilize the leg and also to rotate the leg outwards. By doing the squat with out leg, you automatically will work the butt muscle as it tries to balance your body.



Do this exercise will full concentration and form. If you use your left leg, squat down gently, while putting your right leg to the back. Keep you back straight and tilt forward to prevent the left knee from passing the toes way to much. The tempo is 2 seconds down and 2 seconds up. Do 3 sets of 20 reps each leg and you can feel it firing. To increase the difficulty, hold on to dumbbells or a barbell.

If you want a sexy butt, this is a must do butt exercise!

Butt exercise

Friday, October 26, 2007

Proper Squats or Get Out!

Squats

Simply put, squats are the most difficult, intimidating and painful exercise you could possibly have in your arsenal. They require massive amounts of discipline and willpower to perform correctly. After you have performed a set of squats to failure, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. They are also a challenging exercise to master from a technical standpoint.

All this aside, squats are one of, if not THE most effective, growth-producing exercises you could possibly include in your workout routine. They will pack more size and strength onto your lower body than any other exercise out there, and due to their high level of difficulty, they also force your body to release higher amounts of important anabolic hormones such as testosterone and growth hormone. This increased secretion of hormones will pack muscle size onto your entire upper body as well.

In addition, squats cause what is known as a "spillover effect": a strength gain in almost all of your other exercises. When I started squatting to failure, my bench press virtually increased by 20 pounds overnight. If you're looking for serious muscle gains and you don't already squat, you'd better get started.

Quite simply, they really, really work.

Unfortunately, many people have yet to experience the benefits of heavy squatting. It seems that people will come up with just about any excuse they possibly can in order to steer clear form the squat rack.

How many times have you heard the all too common "They're too hard on my knees", or "I heard they stunt your growth." What do I say to that? Nonsense!

If you're in the gym with the goal of maximizing your total body muscle gains, squats are an absolute must.

Proper Squatting Technique

For safety reasons you should always perform your squats in a power rack or cage. This way you can adjust the height at which you clear the bar, and you can drop the bar on the safety pins if you need to bail. The safety pins should be set at just below the depth you are squatting and the J Hooks should be set at about the level of your nipples.

At all times during the squat your head should be pulled back, your chest raised and you should have a slight arch in your lower back. You should always be looking straight ahead, and at no time should you be leaning too far forward, or be looking up or down.

Step up to the bar, placing your hands at about the same width as a bench press. Before clearing the bar, make sure it is placed evenly along your traps. The bar should rest on the lower portion of your traps and across your rear delts. It should almost feel as if the bar is going to roll off your back.

Now that you have cleared the bar, take only as many steps back as necessary. Most squat injuries occur when backing up, so make sure that you only back up as far as you need to. Your feet should be placed about shoulder width apart or slightly wider, and they should point out at a 45-degree angle.

Take a big, deep breath, and make your descent. You should not lower yourself straight down, but rather as if you were sitting in a chair behind you. At all times your knee must remain in line with your feet, and they should never bow in. Lower yourself until your thighs are at least parallel to the ground.

As soon as you have reached the bottom position, rise up immediately. Do not relax in the bottom position! Drive up with your heels and straighten your back as quickly as possible.

Once you are in the upright position again, take another deep breath, and continue the lift until you have completed the desired number of reps.

Final Thoughts

You have all the reason in the world to get into the squat rack, so go ahead and do it. Treat this lift with respect and you'll be shocked at the resulting muscle gains. I would recommend performing your squats once per week, for 2 sets of 5 to 7 reps. Focus on pushing yourself hard on this exercise and continually strive for more weight and more reps.

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Squats

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Advanced Workout For Legs!

Advanced workout

I just did my legs yesterday with this advanced workout for legs. I sure you have heard before, its called pre exhaust technique. Well, what I did was instead of doing squats first, I did my leg extensions first. I fried my quads with 18 solid reps with moderate weight, rush over to the squat rack and then did 10 good reps with heavy weights!

Ladies and gentleman, not a good sight to see legs trembling like a newbie. Some how it really hit my hamstrings, maybe because it’s compensating my quads in the squats. I would label this advanced workout because if a beginner would try it, he or she might collapse under the squat rack or puke!

Advanced workout

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Leg Workout Tips

Leg workout

I normally will stretch out for 15-20 minutes before I workout my legs. I believe gorging the muscle with blood is among the biggest forerunners to muscle growth, and the more you stretch out the muscle fibers, the more blood it can accommodate. I begin with my quads first, then my hamstrings. Hamstrings are integrated into many quad movements; if you have ever so pulled your hamstrings before, you know you cannot train your quads at all.

Strict, grueling squats are the method to add quad mass. By time you progress to a certain point where you've the right amount of mass on your quadriceps’s and you are only going for further muscle density. Full range of movement hack squats really works the outer sweep of the quadriceps.

I always love to make a point I never go too heavy that I cannot do at least eight reps, and I try to never do more than 15.

Because the legs are big, dense muscle group, I believe it requires many sets to decently exercise them. I generally do 6-10 sets per exercise, using the first three sets as a semi warm up. I also like to try out myself and see how strong I actually am and how much I can sustain. I have discovered that doing 6-7 sets truly burns up my muscles. I still feel muscle soreness, and I truthfully think it is from doing the additional sets. Precontest, I might perform as many as 10 sets of each exercise per muscle group.

I training promptly and intensely, granting myself only 7-20 seconds between sets. I feel the leg should not be recuperated before the next set; they will get a great deal of time to recuperate when I leave the gym. Between sets, I usually shake the muscle out a little, merely to get the blood into the muscles. I would never suggest this pace for newbie or for those who want to gain muscle size. In the end, you need to be very spontaneous about your rest intervals, just like other workout variables. Discover what works best for you.

I do not lock out at the top of my leg exercises. This takes this muscular strain off the muscle and places a bit too much pressure on the knees themselves, causing the joint vulnerable to injuries.

For quad separation, the most crucial thing is applying full range of motion and really flexing the muscles. Do not just rush through the leg workout; do it at a slower pace and try to hold the weight for as long as possible. I truly believe that extracts the striations and separation.

My quadriceps training is very basic, but basic does work. The exercises I do are pretty often the same for each workout.



leg workout

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Body Building Leg Workout for Mass


Leg Workout for Mass

Leg workout for mass sends tingling excitement whenever body builders hear about it. It is just the word mass and legs that some how excites them because in the sport of body building, legs are one of the most important aspect when assessing a persons physique.

There is no point having a huge v tapered cobra like back and big gun biceps when they come down to twig like legs. Legs are the foundation of a body builder and when a person have huge and string legs, they usually are strong in other body parts as well.

Training intensely with legs will also boost up growth hormones which are super important for building muscles.

When it comes to leg workout for mass, you definitely cannot rely on machines. It must be solid hardcore free weights. No puny machines like the butt machine. Spending quality time on the squat rack is more like it.

There are a few important exercises that must be included in any leg workout for mass. Core exercises like barbell squats, heavy leg press, dead lifts and lunges are a must. These are compound exercises or multi joint exercises that work lots of muscles at once. These bread and butter for massive legs can boost growth hormone and propel you to huge tree trunk legs.

Remember, for leg workout for mass, you must include heavy weights and compound exercises. Leg workout for mass also needs volume training. This means at least 3 to 4 sets of 8 to 10 reps. In order to build mass, the muscle must be working more than 10 seconds and under 30 seconds. If you want power, go for 6 reps but if you want size, go for 8 to 10 reps with the tempo of 1 second up and 2 second down.

You also need rest between sets. At least 2 minutes between sets. If you rush through the exercise, you will then compensate on strength because the ATP of the muscles have not recovered yet.

So, a sample of a leg workout for mass is:

Squats 4 sets



1 set: 15 reps (warm up)
2 set: 10 reps
3 set: 8 reps
4 set: 8 reps (heavy)

Leg press

1 set: 10 reps
2 and 3 set: 8 reps

Dead lifts

1 set: 10 reps
2 and 3 set: 8 reps

Lunges

1 set: 12 reps
2 set: 10 reps
3 set: 8 reps

Standing calf raises

1 set: 20 reps
2 set: 18 reps
3 set: 15 reps

Calf muscles are unique. If you want diamond calves, you need to hammer them with high reps and heavy weights. This is because calves are fast recovery muscles.

Try this leg workout for mass. Train them super hard once a week and always challenge the muscles. Your muscles will only grow if they are over loaded. No comfort zone here!

body building leg workout for mass

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Best Workout Machine For Leg For Amazing Thighs!


Best Workout Machine For Leg

Looking for the best workout machine for legs? Well, look no further than the 45 degree decline leg press machine. Than is one awesome kick ass machine that really hit your quads, hamstrings, glutes and calves all at the same time! Usually, body builders would prefer free weights like that barbell squats or dumbbell lunges because free weights really gets all the muscle fiber firing like crazy. But there is something about this 45 degree leg press machine that earned its name to be the best workout machine for legs.

Just take a look in any body builder leg workout, they sure have this leg press exercise included in their routine. Usually in after the squats, it can give the thighs a tremendous burn.

Because it is a machine, you can go nuts with it. What I mean is that you can do drop sets, superset it with squats or dumbbell lunges. The combination that really got me vomiting is doing a triset with it. I would do heavy barbell squats, then head on to the 45 degree leg press and then kill myself with leg extensions. These exercises are done one after the other non stop. Certainly, for machine, the 45 degree leg press is the best workout machine for leg.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Awesome Butt Exercise


Awesome Butt Exercise

Getting the butt sore during a leg workout is always tough. Usually we feel the quads or the hamstring working out but not the butt muscle. This is because the leg is such a complex muscle group that is hard to isolate a single muscle, especially the glutes.

But with the walking lunges, you can really feel the butt working and this is a must do butt exercise during any leg workout.

Get a pair of dumbbells, heavy ones and stand feet side by side. Talk a large step forward and go down as low as possible. For example, take large step with your right leg, then go down deep. Then, with your left leg, take a large step forward by pushing with your right butt. Repeat the movement until you have at least 15 steps each leg.

Remember, get down deep, keep your back extremely straight and push with your butt.

Try this one out!