Reverse Lunge vs. Forward Lunge
Why you choose to add forward or reverse lunges to your workout depends a lot on your technique. A reverse lunge can be gentler on the knees.
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Can Flabby Legs Be Toned?
Flab usually means you have an excess of fat, and that can't be turned into muscle. But, you can lose fat and gain muscle.
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What Muscle Groups Are Used to Flex the Knee?
The muscles in your hamstrings and quadriceps are just a few that are involved in flexing your knee joint.
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Hamstring Stretches to Do at the Desk at Work
Hamstring muscles on the back of your thighs are often tight, especially if you have a desk job. Stretching can improve flexibility in these muscles.
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Leg and Butt Exercises While Working at a Desk
Most people realize exercise is important, but finding time can be difficult. You can strengthen your leg and butt muscles at your desk while you work.
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The Best Exercises at the Gym for Toning Your Legs and Bottom and Flattening Your Belly
Tone your legs and flatten out your stomach with lower body resistance exercises that build muscle and burn fat.
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How to Make Your Butt Bigger and Your Legs Smaller
Burn fat for slimmer legs and build muscle for a bigger butt. Watch your diet, run sprints and do squats.
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The Best Leg Exercises for Muscle Definition
Use cable machine and single-leg exercises to specifically target the quadriceps and hamstrings to built leg muscle definition.
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What Muscles Are Worked With Hanging Leg Raises?
The hanging leg raise is an intense core exercise. You'll work the rectus abdominus -- the "six pack" -- as well as your hip flexors and obliques.
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How to Increase Flexibility to Touch Your Toes
Touching your toes doesn't have to be a thing of the past. Stretching your back, hamstrings and calves can improve your flexibility.
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My Legs Turn Red After Exercise
Though physical exercise has many benefits, certain adverse side effects can occur. If your legs turn red, you probably have nothing to worry about.
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Water Workouts for the Butt
Work your glutes in the pool by using exercises similar to the ones you would use in a gym or at home — but with the added twist of using water as resistance.
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How Long Does it Take to Get the Legs in Shape?
Getting your legs in shape prevents injury and makes you a better athlete, or weekend warrior. You'll see gains quick when you first start training.
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Exercises to Straighten Bow Legs
Bow leggedness, or genu varum, means your legs bow out to the side. To bring them back to normal you have to stretch and strengthen certain muscles.
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Muscles Used in a Curtsy Lunge
The curtsy lunge targets your quads, glutes and calves with a unique move. It adds great variety to your lower body workouts.
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Reasons for Butt Pain After Exercise?
Experiencing pain in the buttocks after exercising is far from unusual. It typically indicates one or another common kinks in the musculoskeletal system such as muscle spasm or interference from a vertebral disc.
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How to Lose Leg Muscle Mass
To lose muscle mass, do more cardio, reduce the weight you lift and reduce your calorie and protein intake.
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Leg Press Vs. Leg Extension
The leg press and leg extension both work your upper-leg muscles, but they aren't the same movement.
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How Important Are Leg Workouts for Muscle Gain?
Working your lower body helps create a metabolic state that's advantageous for full-body muscle growth.
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Butt Workout Machines in the Gym
Get great glutes with just a few machine exercises at the gym. Learn which machines to use and how to use them.
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