Lowerbody workouts

Lowerbody workouts

Importance of Lowerbody workouts:

We use our lowerbody for everyday activities such as walking, cycling and playing sports. Inorder for our bodies to perform these activities with ease or even just slightly better than usual we need to train our lowerbody. Lowerbody workouts target abdominal muscles, muscles in the thigh (quadriceps and hamstring), butt muscles (gluteus) and calf muscles.

The 3 main exercises that we are going to teach you is squats, calf raisers and plank. Calf raisers will traget the calf muscles, squats will traget both the leg thigh and gluteus muscles and plank will target the abdominal muscles.

How to perform basic Lowerbody workouts:

♦ Plank
Be in push-up position then lower your elbows down to the floor.
While keeping your butt low your body has to be straight.
If you are doing the exercises right, you can feel your abdominal muscles clenching automaticly.
♦ Squats
Be standing in an upright position where your back is straight.
Keep your legs sholder width apart.
Lower your butt until your thighs are parallel with the ground while keeping your back straight.
Then come back up to the same standing position as the start.
If you are doing the exercises right, you can feel your gluteus and thigh muscles contracting and expanding.
♦ Calf raisers
Be standing straight about 5 to 10 centimeter away from a wall or any supportive structure.
Slowly lift up your legs in a way that your heels are off the ground and your legs are supported by the front part of your feet.
Then slowly lower your legs back.
If you are doing the exercises right, you can feel your calf muscles contracting and expanding.