Why should you train your legs?

      If you aspire to become fit, gain muscle, or lose weight your dedication to training your legs could be the game changer in your fitness journey.  When it comes to training our legs, most of us do not like it because it is too hard to complete leg sessions.  Leg muscles are the large combination of muscles in your body that requires more energy to train. 

BUILD YOUR LEG STRENGTH

     Your leg muscles build perfect symmetry and a good posture to your body.  Actually, training your legs play a key role in your overall muscle growth.  Leg muscles are trained to focus on the compound exercises like squats and deadlifts.  According to a fact, training legs boost 30% of your testosterone hormone level which is indeed the most essential hormone for your overall muscle growth.

How should you train your legs?

     First of all, what muscles combine to form legs?  Leg muscles comprise your quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, and calves.  Quads and hamstrings contribute to the overall muscle mass of your legs, your glutes also support it.  Quadriceps are a bunch of muscle fibers that are located on the front side of your thighs.  Hamstrings are located just opposite to the quadriceps i.e., the back of your leg just above your knees.  And glute muscles are located above the hamstrings and below your lower back.  Your leg strength plays a crucial role to support your core strength.

     Coming to the training part of your legs, you must train your leg muscles completely by performing 5 - 7 workouts with an approach of activating your quads, hamstrings, and glutes.  You must train your legs at least two times a week to attain maximum muscle growth.  Primary compound exercises must be added to your leg workout to strengthen your overall leg muscles.  Squats are the primary leg workout that could activate your quads, hamstrings, and glutes.  Performing squats with an elevated heel could maximize your quad activation a lot and would allow you to squat deeper.

     Secondarily deadlift is the best exercise to train your hamstrings and glutes.  Performing deadlift also activates your quadriceps too.  There exist many types of deadlifts to isolate either your hamstrings or the entire back.  Glutes can be trained efficiently by performing squats, lunges, etc...  The most important thing that you must remember during a leg session is that training your calves.  Your calf muscles also matter to attain the overall leg frame.  You must train your calves on every leg day without procrastinating.  Calves can be trained with 2 - 3 workout variations to maximize their growth.  Indeed bodyweight calf raises are a great exercise to grow your calves.  This is how training your lower body matters, never avoid training your legs, and never miss training your calves on leg day!