So depending on your appetite for pain, you probably either love or love to hate leg day.
But when we recently asked trainers to name their absolute favorite moves, they all stuck to tried-and-true moves.
In other words, fancy = more effective.
Young beautiful woman working out with dumbbells in the gym.
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It allows you to engage your hamstrings without feeling it directly behind your knee, he says.
“Nothing makes me feel so satisfyingly sore the next day.”
“Your legs will feel it tomorrow,” agrees Stan Dutton, Head Coach forLadder.
Maintaining the proper distance between your front foot and the bench is key.
Try a few with just your bodyweight to find the sweet spot before adding dumbbells.
How to do a Bulgarian split squat:
Do 3 sets of 812 reps on each leg.
Try doing them with dumbbells, a kettlebell,a slider, or abooty bandto mix things up.
It hits the quads, inner thigh muscles, and glute medius, she says.
Add this squat variation to your next leg workout with weights, and you’ll definitely feel the difference.
How to do a sumo squat:
