Since I had the pleasure of doing legs today, today's tip will be on how to do a few simple leg exercises. Most people think that you have to go to the gym to get a good leg workout. Leg press, leg extensions, etc... truth is, all you need is... just you and your legs!
1. Squat: Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. Slowly bend at the knees until your knees reach 90 degrees. Then bring yourself back up. Make sure that as you bend you're keeping your butt out (so attractive) and your back flat. When you're bending, you're going to bring your arms up and out in front of you. Do NOT rest them on your legs. To get more of a burn, you can get into the squat position and hold it there for as long as you can, arms out. To get even more of a burn, you can "pulse" while you are in the squat position. Pulsing means that you squat and bring yourself up but not fully out out of the squat position, and then repeat.
2. Lunge: Stand with one foot in front of you and the other foot about 2 feet behind the other. You should look like a pair of scissors. Then you're going to bring your back knee down to almost touch the ground and then bring it up. Your front knee should not pass the plane of your toes. If you have trouble balancing, feel free to hold on to the end of a couch or something else you have handy. Once you get comfortable, you can increase the difficulty by holding a weight in each hand. If you're really brave, you can try doing walking lunges. It's basically one right after the other. Works best in a long hallway :)
I am beginning to realize the difficulty of describing exercises in words. If you have difficulty, you can probably go to Google images and look up what these should actually look like :) And with that good-night! 5:30 is going to come early!
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