The Leaner Legs Workout

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If you like to work your thighs, then you’re in for a quite a surprise with The Leaner Legs Workout! Our weapon of choice is the Rear-Foot-Elevated Split Squat, a superb single-leg exercise that strengthens imbalances between sides, mobilizes your hips, and bulletproofs yours knees. For these reasons, it’s a great strength and conditioning exercise for regular runners. The key to doing it properly is to maintain a vertical shin on the lead leg which takes pressure off of your knees and better engages your hip muscles. Also, keep your abs crunched throughout the move to stabilize your spine and lightly clench the glute of your back leg to stretch your hip flexors. But the special potion is doing this move in a slow and continuous motion. Take 2-3 seconds on the way down and 2-3 seconds on the way up without stopping or resting at the top or bottom. This continuous tension will light your legs on fire! Your goal is to be able to perform multiple sets of 120 seconds straight on each side with only 1 minute rest between sides. Once accomplished, add weight. You may start at only 40-60 seconds or less and that’s okay! Just gradually add 5-10 seconds per session or per week and you’ll get there in no time! Prepare yourself for some serious burning sensations. Most people usually get crazy eyes about 60 seconds in, ha! And that’s when you truly know you’re MAKING A CHANGE!

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