The muscles in your lower body play a key role in supporting athleticism and everyday activities, so it’s important to train your legs directly to build strength, stability, and overall function.

When it comes to gym machines, the leg press is a solid choice for isolating your lower body. As a compound exercise that hits multiple lower-body muscle groups at once, it's also a great way to work ...

I do squats until I fall over and pass out. So what? It’s not going to kill me,” Arnold Schwarzenegger once said in one of ...

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Think barbell back squats are the only way to grow a mammoth lower body? Guess again. While powerlifters swear by this powerful compound move, it's not exactly the be-all, end-all for growing leg ...

You’ve probably heard it a million times: “Nothing beats squats for leg day!” But what if I told you there might actually be a better option for toning those legs? As a certified personal trainer, ...

For most of us, everyday life is characterized by a lack of movement. But those long hours sitting at a desk, commuting by ...

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“The posterior tibialis is a muscle that originates on the back, or posterior, part of the tibia and fibula (your lower leg bones), up close to your knee,” explains Cathlin Fitzgerald, D.P.T, C.S.C.S.

Many of us want to get buff for aesthetic reasons, but building muscle helps health and longevity. It's a myth that you need to spend hours in the gym to build muscle. Exercises such as squats, ...

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