Saturday, July 25, 2009

Body Building Workouts, How to Exercise Your Legs

By Ricardo d Argence

Whether you are a professional bodybuilder, contact sports player or just someone getting your body in shape, it is imperative that you don?t neglect your legs for many reasons. The legs are often over looked when working out, as people tend to work towards the bigger chest and arms. There are important reasons to work your legs just as much as the rest of your body.

Now having read about exercises and the burning of fat through muscles, you may have understood the reason behind adding muscle Mass in your legs. A couple of more pounds in muscles in your legs are going to benefit your whole body.

Anabolic hormones which are needed to stimulate overall muscular growth are released when your leg muscles begin to develop even more. You do not have so many muscles in your arm region, so it is logical that the larger muscles of your leg would release more anabolic hormones.

Just imagine being extremely muscular or shapely at the top with spindly legs at the bottom. For aesthetic reasons, it is necessary that you balance out your overall shape with regular leg workouts.

The best leg exercise workout routine pushes the leg muscles to the utmost level. Every set needs to have about 9 -- 12 reps. Every exercise should have 3 to 4 sets. Every major muscle needs to be exercised with different leg muscles exercises. Naturally, this is going to depend on how much strain your legs can take and your experience in working out.

It is imperative to rest between sets. Rest 45-60 seconds between each set so that your muscles can recover. This allows you to life the heavy weight again, but not to get so relaxed the anabolic hormones stop getting released.

There are a lot of exercises to help you strengthen your legs. Once you have selected the goals for your legs (lean and strong, or muscled up for strength), you will be able to select the right exercises.

When working your legs it is important to warm up by running or some other form of cardio for at least five minutes. This prevents injuries by warming up your joints.

Exercises you can do include leg extensions, power cleans, squats, Romanian dead-lifts, hamstring curls, and calf rises (seated and standing). This is not an all-inclusive list, and the number of reps and sets need to be individualized to match you level.

Make sure to use caution with any exercise routine, and make sure to consult a trainer for proper form. With some time and work, you will soon be sporting legs that look amazing when you wear shorts.

Apart from feeling great, you are going to find that You will not only feel great, but your whole overall performance in sports, workouts, and general activities will be enhanced.

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