ArticlesReader.com Menu
Newest Articles
Most Viewed Articles
ArticlesReader.com RSS
Submit Article
Login
Signup
Search the articles

Articles Main Categories
Advice
Animals
Automobiles
Business
Career
Communications
Computer Programming
Computers
Entertainment
Environment
Family
Fashion
Finance
Food
Health & Medical
Home & Garden
Humor
Internet Business
Internet Marketing
Legal
Leisure & Recreation
Marketing
Other
Politics
Reference & Education
Religion
Self Improvement
Sports
Technology & Science
Travel
Writing
Subscribe
Receive alert message from us when new articles submitted to our site for free.

Enter your name

Enter your email

Syndicate

















Related Products
Home::Build Muscle

Know Your Muscle Building Exercises - The Legs

Author : Richard Mitchell

Every bodybuilder and weight trainer will have his or her favorite exercises for each body part. That's how it should be - as you progress through the various stages of learning you'll understand what works best for you. It is useful, however, to take stock of your progress every so often and carry out an analysis of where you are and what changes, if any, are needed to move onwards and upwards.


Part of this analysis should include an assessment of the core exercises that make up your bodybuilding training program. In this article we'll look at the leg exercises that have proven their worth to serious bodybuilders for many years. Where appropriate a series of exercises suitable for achieving pre-exhaustion will be presented. All exercises should be performed to failure with one set of six to eight reps.


1. Leg extension - this exercise will allow you to isolate the thigh muscles preserving the strength of the other leg muscles for the compound exercise to follow.


- Push the pads until the knees are almost locked.


- Pause.


- Lower with control to the starting position.


2. Leg press - you can move straight on to this exercise if you are sufficiently experienced.


- Place your feet firmly at shoulder width on the foot board.


- Bend the legs until they are almost touching the chest.


- Pause.


- Return with control to the starting position.

Richard Mitchell is the creator of the bodybuildingadvisor.com website that provides guidance and information to athletes at all levels of bodybuilding experience. Go to Bodybuilding Advice to learn more about the issues covered in this article.

Spam emails More free articles

Related articles


  1. 3 Biggest Benefits of Strength Training
  2. Celebrity Personal Trainers
  3. Train for the Look You Want
  4. Build 80 Pounds Of Muscle?
  5. 15 Muscle Building Rules for Skinny Guys and Gals!
  6. Are You Too Old to Pump Iron?
  7. “Bodybuilding Sins” That Cause Back Pain and Missed Workouts
  8. Preliminary Isometric Tension Improves the Effectiveness of Dynamic Work by up to 20%
  9. How Proper Calorie Fragmentation Improves Body Composition?
  10. Weight Training Terminology For Beginners
  11. Welcome Back Everyone!
  12. Ab Sculpting Exercise - One Of The Most Productive Exercises For Your Abs That Is Hardly Ever Used
  13. Current Dietary Recommendations in Strength Training
  14. 15 Quick Body Toning Tips
  15. Know All about "Power Push Ups"
  16. 3 Amazing Ways to Shape Up Your Muscles in Less Than 7 days!
  17. "Enough Already! Stop Coming Up With 'New' Weight Loss Programs...
  18. Lift More Now - Weight Less "Forever"!
  19. Personal Trainers with Real People, Real Situations
  20. Personal Lactate Threshold Training
  21. Exercise The Right Way - Barbell Shrugs
  22. Exercise The Right Way - Seated Pulley Rows
  23. Exercise The Right Way - One-Arm Dumbbell Rows
  24. Exercise The Right Way - The Decline Dumbbell Bench Press
  25. Exercise The Right Way - Dumbbell Lunges
More related feeds
Why Inadequate Rest Between Sets Will Murder Your Muscle Gains!
You lift X amount of weight for Y number of reps, and your body adapts to this level of stress. In order to see continual gains in muscle size, you must continually force X and Y to higher and higher levels. In other words, building ...

How To Lose Stubborn Belly Fat
This exercise is a compound exercise that includes the arms and legs as well as the core muscles, all critical to eliminating body fat. When you do a pushup, you have to keep your abdominal or core muscles tight when lowering your body ...

October 13 2008
I can’t think of any movements, other than a leg curl, that isolate either of these muscles. Glute-Ham Raise - These are incredibly difficult, probably the hardest exercise for your posterior chain, but are great for building the…glutes ...

Trampoline Exercises - A Fun Workout For Adults
The constant jumping motion will quickly tone your leg muscles. And if you want to target your back muscles, you can do this by keeping your legs straight as you jump. You can even work your arms by swinging them every time your feet ...

Exercise : Rewards and Benefits
Strong muscles are also a plus because they actually help protect you when you exercise by supporting your joints and helping to prevent injuries. Muscle also burns more energy when a person's at rest than fat does, so building your ...

Is Your Exercise Program Keeping You Fat? by George Best
As we’ve discussed, muscle loss may occur in the arms and legs, which may be visibly obvious, or may be noticed as a dificulty in building strenght and endurance in the muscles. In addition, people with adrenal fatigue and high cortisol ...

Tips and tricks to build muscle fast
They are, however, not sufficient if you do not keep any track of your progress in muscle building or muscle enhancement. When you are into a long term process, you need not worry too much. When you intend to build muscle fast, ...

Bodybuilding Advice - Lose fat and gain muscle
You should definitely be utilizing the squat (be sure to read up on proper form for this exercise and be wary of knee and back health). The squat will assist in building strength (including your upper body) and burning fat. ...

8 Little Known Traits of Successful Bodybuilders
Building muscle and burning fat is not a singular destination that once you reach, that’s all she wrote. It’sa series of journeys back and forth using different concepts and times of year to keep making progress. ...

Most Effective Exercises For Building Leg Muscles
The best way to avoid over straining your muscles is to focus only on either the upper body or lower body in one session. Here is a compilation of the best muscle building exercises for your lower body:. Deadlift: ...

 


 

© 2007 articlesreader.com - All Rights Reserved