Bodybuilder and fitness model Frank Sepe demonstrates how to properly perform leg extensions using the leg extension machine. This exercise is a great way to build your quads, and depending on the position of your legs you can even target specific areas of those muscles (i.e. inner, outer quad) to further customize your workout routine to fit your needs. [display_podcast] Exercise Tips:Exhale as you lift the weight, while simultaneouly squeezing [...]
Bodybuilder Frank Sepe demonstrates how to properly perform Leg Extentions using a leg extension press machine. This exercise is great for building the lower teardrop area of the quadricep muscle.Exercise Tips: To begin, place your feet under the roller. Exhale as you lift the weight with a controlled motion… no jerky movements! Make sure to squeeze and contract the quad muscles on the top of the movement. Then, bring the [...]
Bodybuilder Frank Sepe demonstrates how to properly performs Standing Calf Raises. This exercise is great for killing the fuck out of your calves… and chances are that many of you guys need to work on your lower body a bit more anyway because no one likes to see chicken legs on a guy with a buffed out upper body.Exercise Tips: Exhale as you raise up as high as you can [...]
Old school bodybuilder and trainer Mike Mentzer teaches us how to execute barbell deadlifts with proper form and technique. His instructions are too detailed to list here. But he really breaks down the exercise to make sure that even the newest of bodybuilding novices can understand every step of the movement.Deadlifting is a great way to build your core. It works the entire leg region, trapezius muscles, lats, gluteus maximus [...]
Nice workout apparel! Check out this classic clip featuring bodybuilding buddies Shawn Ray, Kevin Levrone and Frank Zane as they train legs. While those striped spandex leotards are way 80′s, these professional do have some important things to say when referring to working isolated parts of your quads and hamstrings.
Whenever you choose to work your quads and glutes, this exercise should be a staple in your lower body muscle building program.Exercise Tips: Inhale on the way down, exhale on the way up. At your lowest point, your knee should be parallel to the floor… but do not rest your knee on the floor! Lastly, make sure to squeeze those glutes on the way up.
Place the barbell on the back of your shoulders and get your feet slightly wider than hip-width. Tighten your back and rotate your hips toward the rear. As your hips move, unlock your knees and squat down as far as you can, preferably until your thighs are parallel to the ground. Make sure to squeeze those glutes on the way back up. Remember to breathe: Inhale on the way down, [...]
Make sure you squeeze your butt on the way back up. Place most of the weight in your heel and outer part of the foot. Keep your chest up the entire time. Inhale on the way down and exhale on the way up.
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