Incorporating squats into your leg workout routine, you not only build muscle mass but also develop the strength and stability necessary for everyday activities and sports performance.
When you execute this workout you create m muscle development and functional strength and stability.
Muscle development: Squat engage several major muscle groups in the legs, including the quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes. These muscles work together to lift your body, leading to increased muscle fiber recruitment.
As you overload the muscle, by adding weight or increasing the number of repetitions, you stimulate muscle growth (strength and definition), enhancing not only the appearance of your legs but your strength. Stronger legs improve your sports activities and everyday physical activities.
Functional Strength and Stability: Squats mimic daily movements. Sitting down in a chair, standing up from a chair or a car, or picking up objects. By training the muscles that aid in those movements you reduce the strain on your body. Squats also engage your core muscles, which help stabilize your body throughout those movements. Strong core means overall balance and coordination reducing the risk of falls or injuries.
Equipment:
Yo gorilla mat/dumbbells
The Workout:
3 Rounds of all 5 exercises taking a break after each exercise for 30 secs to 1 minute.
- Racked Dumbbells (DB) Squats x15
- Racked (DB) Pulse Squats x20
- Body Weight (BW) Lateral Step Outs Alternating side to side x20
- (BW) Squat Step Up and Backs x20
- (BW) Hop Up and Back x20
It is important to choose proper weight size for racked squats (maybe medium to high weights) and with each set (or Round) go up in weight. If your form becomes compromised when you do go up in weight and you are not using proper, form go back down in weight.
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