Importance Of leg workouts

I have noticed in many gyms that majority of people avoid doing leg workout,without knowing the importance of it.Especially a survey in india has estimated that about 70-80% of people that workout in gym skip their leg day.So this article is all about making people aware about the importance of leg workout and why should they stop avoiding it.

Our legs constitutes 50% of our upper body including quadriceps,hamstrings,calves and glutes.They are as important as chest,back or abdominal muscles.

Now why doing exercises like leg press,squats and deadlifts are important ?well the answer to this lies below.

5 reasons why we should stop skipping leg day-

• Helps you build more muscle-Performing compound movements like deadlifts and squats which uses large muscle groups helps us boost hormone like testosterone naturally which plays a key role in men's health,helps in muscle mass growth and body strength.

• Reduces risk of injury-.Squats, lunges and deadlifts can help us develop our hamstrings, build muscle around weak joints and help promote stability and mobility.This would prevent us from any injury in our lower back and will condition our body well.

• You'll burn more calories-Hitting these larger muscles requires more energy, which means your body will burn more calories.Performing multi-joint exercises like squats, deadlifts or lunges will require more ‘work’ from the heart and brain and higher levels of metabolism and will help you burn those calories more as compared to exercising smaller muscle groups.

You'll improve your heavy lifts-

Our legs and core produce majority of power during heavy weight lifting.Even when we bench press  our lower body helps providing a stable platform to get pump from.If one lacks proper body conditioning  lifting heavy weights would be tough task ahead of him.So performing functional exercises like deadlifts and squats will strengthen our legs,while developing all over muscle and mobility.

Overall body development-Well no one would like being called a hulk with chicken legs.So doing leg workout helps us develop our overall body and makes it look symmetrical,improving our overall personality.

   

So if you are serious about bodybuilding then you must workout your legs once a week to avoid  injuries and for overall body development.So NEVER SKIP YOUR LEG DAY.