Toned and sexy legs

Scott Schwab

Many people right now are engaged in the tedious process of getting their beach bodies. When I am at the store in line or read online popular health magazines; the main focus is getting ready for the summer. Having great legs starts with the calf muscles. The best way to work them is doing calf raises with weights in your hands. Another great workout is to do step ups on a bench but focus on just stepping up just on the front part of your feet with a burst up on your tip toes with each step. Make sure you have light weight so you don't fall of the bench. Another suggestion is just to do step ups with your foot flat on the bench. This will ensure that you are working the hamstrings and buttocks. Remember 10 reps and 4 cycles. These two separate exercises can be done on different days, like a tues and thurs. Depending upon how hard you work the calf muscles you may be able to work them both days equally but lighter. My last two suggestions will come in the way of jumping and sprinting. I have talked about sprinting before, but I wanted to touch on jumping. Van Halen had a hit dedicated to the singular form of jumping that might be able to pump you up in the midst of your workout. Likely not, but you need to do things that will elongate your calf muscles and give those nice lines on the calf's and the thighs. Those lines are partly due to activity, but can be obtained by an increase and focus on leg exercises. So like before you need to stand shoulder width apart and jump as high as you can, reaching for the sky, ten times and again 4 cycles. The next exercise is to jump sideways 20 yards and back the opposite direction 20 yards. Again this should be done with the idea of 4 cycles. The final exercise is to jump as you are running with each step. Drive as you take each step into a jump, and push yourself 50 yards or more. It would also be valuable to get into the habit of running stairs, jumping with each step going up the stairs. Try this for a month a let me know what you think. It is important to do these 2 times a week and also work in running over 30 minutes in one of the days. It is important to know your body and start slow. If you are already working out, work in squats and lunges for one of the days. The best idea is to have a combination of all exercises for your legs.