{"id":15897,"date":"2021-03-26T20:24:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=15897"},"modified":"2021-03-26T20:24:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:24:18","slug":"5-workouts-for-powerful-leg-muscles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/workout-routines\/5-workouts-for-powerful-leg-muscles\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Workouts for Powerful Leg Muscles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Improve your strength, balance, and coordination as well as burn more calories by investing in your leg workouts. A leg day will improve your overall performance and endurance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Super legs<\/b><\/h3>\n

Start with 5 timed rounds. Complete 20 air squats, 20 alternate lunges, 20 alternate split squats, and finish with 10 squat jumps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This popular workout from <\/span>wodwell.com<\/span><\/a> will build hamstring and quad muscles before you know it.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. The lurker<\/b><\/h3>\n

The lurker will help you develop not only strong muscles but will fine-tune your agility as you move between exercises. A Level II athlete should complete 5 sets with a 2-minute rest between sets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Begin with 4 side lunges, 10 slow climbers, 4 side lunges, 4 plank walk-outs, 4 side lunges, and 10 side planks knee-to-elbow. Find examples at <\/span>darebee.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Burnout<\/b><\/h3>\n

Burnout is designed to work the large muscles in your legs. Crank out 5 sets if you are a Level II athlete.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Feel the burn with 20 jumping jacks, 20 seal jacks, 20 jumping jacks, 20 high knees, 20 butt kicks, and 20 high knees. Add a 2-minute rest between sets. Illustrations are at <\/span>darebee.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Leg blaster<\/b><\/h3>\n

Brace yourself for this tough workout. <\/span>The HIIT Workout Leg Blaster<\/span><\/a> will make your legs feel like jelly, but it is well worth your time. After a rep, rest 2 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kick it off with 10 burpees, 20 air squats, and 10 plank jump-ins. Continue with 20 alternating lunges (10x each leg) and 10 side lunges (alternate legs each set).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Glute attack<\/b><\/h3>\n

Add a challenge to your workout with a deep focus on your glutes. Do dumbbell squats for 8-10 reps (4 sets). Next reserve lunge for 10-12 reps (3 sets).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kickback for 10 reps (3 sets) and finish with 8-10 reps of a deadlift (4 sets).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Improve your strength, balance, and coordination as well as burn more calories by investing in your leg workouts. A leg day will improve your overall performance and endurance.\u00a0 1. Super legs Start with 5 timed rounds. Complete 20 air squats, 20 alternate lunges, 20 alternate split squats, and finish with 10 squat jumps.\u00a0 This popular […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[806],"tags":[770],"class_list":["post-15897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workout-routines","tag-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}