With time a precious commodity – most of us run in and out of the gym – without even considering spending time stretching our overworked muscles. However, spending five minutes a day doing stretching exercises for your legs can help you prevent major injuries that will slow you down.

Most of us rarely stretch our legs – you get to the gym – run through your workout and head home – without considering stretching.  However, leaving the gym with tight leg muscles can lead to extreme back pain and result in injuries during other activities.

Not only does stretching your legs prevent injuries, but it helps to increase the circulation of blood through your muscles, reduces muscle tension, and increases your energy levels. Read the full story

In the pursuit of a flat stomach one cannot forget the importance of a good leg workout.  However, sometimes life comes at you fast and you don’t have time to get to the gym. No worries! These four leg exercises can be done anywhere – in the comfort of your own home, at the gym or at the track.   It doesn’t matter WHERE you workout – as long as you workout!

Leg training days are some of my favorite workouts – I love the feeling of my legs getting stronger and my glutes getting tighter, plus there is just something awesome about not being able to walk up the stairs the next day – haha.   Plus, one of the many benefits of a good leg workout – is that it will help you get rid of cellulite in some of those problem areas.

You can modify the sets and number of reps in this workout to fit your fitness level.

Beginners – Start with one set of each exercise – 12 reps each – take about a minute between each exercise – repeat  each circuit of four exercises at least three times.

Advanced – If you want to make this part of your cardio workout for the day – 15-20 reps per exercise – no rest between exercises – 3 to 4 sets. Or challenge yourself – time yourself for one set of each exercise and try to beat your time on the next time through.

Enough chatter – its time to workout!

I had to share my workout from two days ago, because I’m STILL feeling the effects two days later (Thank You D.O.M.S!) plus its a great workout to help you get lean legs and a tight toned butt. (And who isn’t working towards that?)

I wrote about my last shoulder/leg workout a few weeks ago – it was an awesome workout, but it’d been a few weeks of it and I was getting bored, so it was time to change it up. Changing my workout was definitely beneficial as I felt the burn and feeling the results of the change – new muscles are being worked that weren’t necessarily targeted in my last workout.

Legs and shoulders are easily my favorite training day – I think because I can really feel the burn and tight toned legs really show dedication to your workout, plus who doesn’t love sexy shoulders?!? Another reason – its summer and I love feeling comfortable wearing shorts!

Here’s the workout below:

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If you have any questions about the exercises let me know – I’d be happy to explain them further. If you’re looking for a new leg workout – I definitely recommend this one – my legs and glutes are STILL feeling the burn two days later!

What’s your favorite leg exercise? Leave a comment below and let me know – I’d love to know!

Ladies, short season is just around the corner which means its time to get your legs toned and ready! Personally, seeing a woman with lean legs is one of my favorite things. I don’t mean to sound like a guy, but for me toned legs represent dedication and hard work, unless of course this person is just genetically programmed to have HOT legs.

However, since many of us are not programmed that way we have to spend our time in the gym making sure are legs are ready for short season.

So I’ve shared with you one of my favorite leg workouts to get you those lean legs in time for summer.

(You can do these exercises as a workout one day or separate the exercises into your workouts throughout the week – depending on how you train).

PS – The BEST part of a leg workout – not being able to walk down the stairs the next day or sit down comfortably! Would you agree? How’d you feel after THIS workout?