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Leg Exercise?
Topic Started: May 7 2013, 10:53 AM (786 Views)
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I've been running every day, which obviously is good for your legs, but I'd like to ask you guys for more advanced leg exercise if you can help me with suggestions. I'm mostly trying to focus on my tighs and calves. I'd like them to be a bit more toned and I'm not sure if running is enough for those areas in particular.

Any tips?

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squats/deadlifts/calf raises

not heavy, though, cuz im assuming you dont want to build a lot of mass.

and maybe try sprint intervals. did that for a while a few years ago and it was pretty fun
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Maybe running with ankle weights?(not much though)
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Any specific squats you can think of, Berrybro?
That's where I'm leaning to.

Thanks Veg8558, I've actually never thought of doing that before!

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May 7 2013, 11:19 AM
Any specific squats you can think of, Berrybro?
That's where I'm leaning to.

Thanks Veg8558, I've actually never thought of doing that before!
It might be dangerous though so watch out for the kilos you will put on :)
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Running up and down a large flight of stairs is always good for your quads and calves.
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I don't recommend ankle weights especially for something explosive like running. For sitting around extending your leg they can be useful but otherwise they're too hard to use safely.

Cycling is a great low impact exercise for the legs. Swimming is another good low impact one, doing front/back crawl and breaststroke ought to target all the hip/leg muscles.

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Before I answer your question, here's one for you...

What leg stretches do you do before you go running?
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I'd say upgrade and use some ankle weights. They start to give you a tougher run/workout when the old run routine starts to get easy.
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squats and/or lunges. Those are good. For calves, go on a leg press machine, and put your feet at the bottom so you're only pushing using the top of your feet. Lock your knees and push
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Strawberry
May 7 2013, 10:53 AM
I've been running every day, which obviously is good for your legs, but I'd like to ask you guys for more advanced leg exercise if you can help me with suggestions. I'm mostly trying to focus on my tighs and calves. I'd like them to be a bit more toned and I'm not sure if running is enough for those areas in particular.

Any tips?
I'm assuming you're a girl/woman? Obviously from your avatar and your signature.

If you just want your legs toned, you should try to do these exercises;


1. Squat - Normal or front.

2. Leg press.

3. Cable kick backs.

4. Lunges.


You want to start lightweights and slowly build up. But never heavy weights, because you want to tone your legs, heavy weights decreases the amount of reps you could do. You want to reach a level where you could do 12-15 reps.

If you're going to do cardio, select - incline and find a comfortable level for you first, then increase.
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Sep 15 2014, 04:20 AM
go on a leg press machine, and put your feet at the bottom so you're only pushing using the top of your feet. Lock your knees and push
Interesting, my personal trainer taught me the opposite and that you should push with your heel and forefoot. Using the top of the feet makes it feel like I'm not working my legs as much, I could definitely tell the difference.
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I'm saying only use your forefoot for working out calves. Here's a video I found of someone doing it to show you what i mean http://youtu.be/PLtAYmjLwqQ
I do it on one of those horizontal leg press machines if you know which one I'm talking about though because on that one(the one in the video) it's a lot more dangerous and it's just not as comfortable for me
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