what are some excercises to help me build my leg strenght?

Question

title says it all, everyone has just been saying: lift weights and not giving much info and also are there any easy excercises you can do inside to help with leg strengh?

Answer 1

For the past year I have focused on my leg strength and had great results. They're over 50% stronger in six months. From what I've read squats are the best to develop leg strength, but the downside is if they're not done properly you can hurt your back (I don't like exercises that compress the spine). I initially did these, but injured my lower abdominal about 9 months ago and never did them again. I found I can get a great workout doing a variety of other exercises.
Here's what I do: leg curls (single and double leg{three different machines})
leg extension
calf raises (double leg on the machine & single leg lowering the heal with the toes on a step)
Incline leg press (push legs up at a incline)
adductor
abductor
dumbbell squats
dumbbell lunges
single leg squats (no weight, balance yourself)

If you do these exercises and increase the weight every 3-4 days you strength train, you'll have stronger legs fast. I only lift my legs twice a week.

Answer 2

Well some weight lifting exercises that you can do are squats - for the glutes, hamstrings and quadriceps

and weighted lunges which focuses more on the hamstrings.

And altenative way of building strength without using weights is to run on grass or trail which will reduce the "spring board" effect that you get when you run on the road. Hills are also good , find a hill and do hill repeats , the hill does not have to be very steep , just a slight incline should be good enough

Answer 3

Warm up with light resistance that easily allows 5-10
Training frequency should be 3-5 days per week
Volume- the total amount of weight lifted in a training session or series of training sessions.
Rest intervals of 2-5 minutes
Sets per exercise: 5
Reps per set: 5
Rest interval: 2-3 minutes between sets and exercises
Legs, calves, Abs
- Squats or 45 degree leg presses
- Deadlifts
- Standing toes raises/calf presses

Dead lifts-3X10 or 80% X 3
Half squats 3X12 or 90% X 3
Leg curls 3X12 or 70% X 10
Calf Press 3X15 or 70% X 10

Answer 4

well I have found that lifting weights does really help most people improve up to 16% leg strength and endurance within 10 weeks. However you must note that more muscle means more weight to carry while running which isn't necessarily good for runners. There are some exercises though that do not increase muscle mass much, but have excellent strength ratings such as simply doing things with your legs, mainly running hills, and biking on high intensity for 2-3 minutes and then resting 3 minutes and doing it again.
I know hill, and biking really helped me this year :)

Answer 5

Check with a sport med person and ask for some elastic rope. Put the middle under your feet and hold on to each end and then do your squats with your back straight. I had to do this after a bad knee tear. When I got done I was able to dunk a basketball and had never been able to do that. I was incredible!

Answer 6

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Therefore, you are not alone in this battle.

Answer 7

Lunges, & Extensions

Also do hill repeats

Answer 8

stairs...keep running up the stairs