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    Legs Alternatives

    Posts: 124 Member
    edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    Looking for some alternatives to leg extensions and reverse hyperextensions. Any ideas?

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    • Posts: 8 Member
      There are literally hundreds of exercises you can do for legs. Squats and lunges work your legs pretty thoroughly. Are you looking for exercises for specific muscles in your legs?
    • Posts: 124 Member
      Isolating quads and then isolating hamstrings. I don't like leg extensions or reverse hyperextensions but I have a super set of them at the end of a workout. Looking for alternatives to those.
    • Posts: 124 Member
      Was thinking glute bridges for the reverse hyperextensions but can't really think of anything for the leg extensions
    • Posts: 18,771 Member
      What's preventing you from doing those exact exercises? And what do you have that can be used as an alternative? And what are you trying to accomplish in the first place?
    • Posts: 124 Member
      edited September 2015
      Leg extensions hurt my knees, and don't have the equipment for the other. *trying to round out legs day by really working quads/hamstrings+glutes. This is after plyometric training, and heavy squats, good mornings and isolating calves.
    • Posts: 8 Member
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    • Posts: 958 Member
      Lunges both regular and Bulgarian hits both, although Bulgarian will target the glutes and hamstrings a bit more. Leg press will hit the quads as will a hack squat machine. Romanian deadlifts and stiff legged deadlifts will target the hamstrings. Hip thrusts and glute/ham raise will target the gluts and the hamstrings although the hamstrings to a lesser extent.
    • Posts: 4,537 Member
      Romanian Deadlifts, Glute/Ham Raise, any type of Leg Curl variation in place of Hypers.

      Hack Squats, Front Squats, Leg Press, Sissy Squats, Belt Squats, Lunges in place of Leg Extensions
    • Posts: 15,357 Member
      LolBroScience wrote: »
      Romanian Deadlifts, Glute/Ham Raise, any type of Leg Curl variation in place of Hypers.

      Hack Squats, Front Squats, Leg Press, Sissy Squats, Belt Squats, Lunges in place of Leg Extensions

      These are all good. I personally do good mornings instead of romanian deadlifts, but they're essentially the same. Also weighted step ups for leg extensions as well.

      And for random leg exercises I also loved throwing in some monster walks/side steps with bands (you look like and idiot, but they're very effective). Bret Contreras has tons of leg/glute exercises.
    • Posts: 124 Member
      went with hack squats and glute bridges. thanks for the replies! quads are going to hulk out of my work pants today :P.
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