Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Certified Nutritional Practitioner (CNP), Psychology Grad and Health Coach.
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![LEG EXERCISES: bodyweight + machine/weights options 💪🏻 (areas targeted for each are listed 👇🏻)
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I’ve been getting a lot of DM requests lately for bodyweight leg workouts for home or traveling. I love training with weights and attribute the majority of my leg “gainz” 💪🏻 to progressively getting stronger with weighted leg movements. But while a regular bodyweight squat will be easier than a heavy barbell back squat, bodyweight often doesn’t = easier 🙅🏼♀️. Try out some Nordics if you’re not yet convinced 😝. Bodyweight exercises most definitely have their place and I use them very regularly in my own training.
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These bodyweight exercises aren’t one-to-one comparisons with the machine/weights ones shown but can be good options/alternatives (depending on your goals, current strength level, access to equipment, etc etc).
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🔻Quads – kneeling leg extension or leg extension machine
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🔻Hammies – Nordics or hamstring curl machine (GHRs are a closer comparison, alas, alack, I had no machine)
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🔻Single leg (knee-dominant) – pistol squats or weighted single leg box squat
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🔻Glute med (hip abductors) – side lying hip raises or abduction machine
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🔻Hip adductors – Copenhagen plank or adduction machine
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Remember to always load an exercise to your own personal (current) capabilities. E.g. don’t lean allll the way back in the kneeling leg extensions if your knees aren’t impressed with you when you do. If you’re not a fan of an exercise, there’s always a variation that will work for you! A lot of these can also be scaled (e.g. assisted pistols) but I could only fit so much in this video 🙈.
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No matter what you have available, you can always #makeitwork. Go forth and kick all of the butt 👊🏻❤️
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