Women's Fitness

6 moves FOR STRONGER LEGS

While a full-body workout is best for building full-body fitness, it’s also important to understand how to target certain muscle groups. And your legs have some of your body’s largest muscles, so training them can lead to whole body benefits, too. In fact, leg workouts can help improve overall athletic performance and support healthy functional movement patterns in your daily life.

When it comes to leg day, not only should you be targeting the larger external muscles in the lower body, such as your glutes, quads and hamstrings, but also those smaller, less obvious muscles, such as the inner thigh muscles and those found even deeper within the body.

This workout covers both isometric (stationary) and unilateral (single-side) movements. Doing unilateral leg exercises offers huge benefits, such as strengthening core muscles

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