 Great lower body exercises for your body.
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Men, if you want to have a nice body, you must work your lower body. Here are a few of the best lower body exercises you can try.
Lower Body Exercises for Men
Barbell Full Squat
Exercise Data
Main Muscle Worked: Quadriceps
Other Muscles Worked: Hamstrings, Calves, Glutes
Equipment: Barbell
Mechanics Type: Compound
Procedure: Position a barbell on the back of the shoulders and grasp bar to the sides. Put your feet at shoulder width with your toes and knees slightly pointed outwards. Descend until knees and hips are fully bent. Extend knees and hips until legs are straight. Return and repeat. Some people believe this is damaging to your knee, but others believe it is a great exercise. Can also be done with dumbbells in your hands instead or on the Smith machine.
Barbell Seated Calf Raise
Exercise Data
Main Muscle Worked: Calves
Other Muscles Worked: None
Equipment: Barbell
Mechanics Type: Isolation
Procedure: Place a block about 12 inches in front of a flat bench. Sit on the bench and place the balls of your feet on the block. Place a barbell over your upper thighs about 3 inches above your knees. Raise up on your toes as high as possible and squeeze the calves. Lower down to the starting position and stretch as far as you can. Repeat.
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Primary Muscle Group: Quadriceps femoris, Gluteus
Muscle Groups Worked in This Exercise: Thigh Flexors, Glutes
Preparation: Place a ball between your back and the wall and inch your feet away from the wall and let your body weight lean into the ball. Your feet should be about 1 to 1 ½ feet in front of your hips. Hold the dumbbells up in your hands next to your shoulders.
Breathing: Inhale when sliding your back (and the ball) down the wall; exhale when rising to standing position.
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Read more: Ball Dumbbell Squats
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Primary Muscle Group: Quadriceps
Muscle Groups Worked in This Exercise: Quadriceps and Hamstrings
Preparation: Get down in a low squat position with your arms out to your sides.
Breathing: Breath through entire exercise movement.
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Read more: Kangaroo Hopping
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Primary Muscle Group: Plyometrics - Lower Body
Muscle Groups Worked in This Exercise: Quadriceps and Hamstrings
Preparation: Stand with feet shoulder width apart and your trunk flexed forward slightly with your back straight in a neutral position. Arms should be in the ready position with elbows flexed at about ninety degrees. Your lower body should be positioned with your thighs parallel to the ground.
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Read more: Squat Jump
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Primary Muscle Group: Quadriceps
Muscle Groups Worked in This Exercise: Glutes and Quadriceps
Preparation: Stand upright and straight in front of a flat bench.
Breathing: Breath out on the contraction of the muscle and breath back in on the way back to the start position.
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Read more: Step Ups on Bench
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Primary Muscle Group: Plyometrics - Lower Body
Preparation: You need a partner and a row of four to six cones placed three to four feet apart to form a Y. Stand with feet shoulder width apart facing the first cone. Partner stands at the top of the Y, between the two spread cones.
Execution: Do two footed cone hops over the row of cones. As you clear the last cone, your partner points to one of the far cones. Sprint to that cone immediately upon landing from the last hop.
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Primary Muscle Group: Full Body
Muscle Groups Worked in This Exercise: Full Body
Preparation: Move into a push up position with your feet up on a flat bench or stability ball.
Breathing: Breath out on the contraction of the muscle and breath back in on the way back to the start position.
Execution: Raise one leg up and bend your knee as you kick and extend backwards towards your upper body like a scorpion curling up their tail. Repeat and perform on alternating legs.
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Calf Raises - With Bands
Exercise Data
Main Muscle Worked: Calves
Other Muscles Worked: None
Equipment: Other
Mechanics Type: Isolation
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Read more: Calf Raises - With Bands
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Barbell Full Squat
Exercise Data
Main Muscle Worked: Quadriceps
Other Muscles Worked: Hamstrings, Calves, Glutes
Equipment: Barbell
Mechanics Type: Compound
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Read more: Barbell Full Squat
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