Legs

TriciaZ944

Hi! This summer I am in my brothers wedding and my dress is going to be short. I feel like my legs need some defining... Does anyone have any good leg routines? I feel like I'm in a rut with my leg work. :grumble:

raineraven78

I love walking lunges with five to eight pound weights in each hand. I feel it in my hamstrings, quads, calves and glutes!

irridia

squat heavy weights. run stairs, but not on the same day. oh and deadlifts too. again not on the same day.

mandasimba

You can definitely do several leg workouts on the same day. Work your legs to the max!

There are tons and tons of lower body workouts, squats, plie squats, split squats, deadlifts, lunges, straight leg deadlift...

Heavy weights will always be your friend, but if you don't have access to them, check out some plyometric workouts like jump squats, tucks, scissors or sprints.

Check out bodybuilding.com, they show you tons of exercises for a variety of bodyparts. Once you click on one, you can then sort by what type (plyo, strength, cardio...)

http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/

TriciaZ944

Thank you! Right now I'm doing insanity so I'm doing a lot of plyo but plan to hit the weights again.

doughnutwretch

Weights. Compound movements are going to be the BEST for legs:

Squats
Deadlifts
Lunges

Other good exercises include:

Leg press
Leg curls
Hack squats
Sumo squats
Box jumps
Hip adductors/abductors
Extensions

And as far as doing them on the same day, there isn't anything wrong with it. My leg days always involve lunges, squats and deadlifts and then incorporate some isolation moves and plyo moves. Makes for a killer workout.

TriciaZ944

Thank you!