| Are you looking for a way to spice up your | | | | weight and try again. |
| bodybuilding training? Why not take your leg day | | | | Walking lunges |
| outside for a change? If the weather is beautiful and | | | | This exercise is terrific for etching detail into the front |
| the sun is shining, pull a few weights outside and spend | | | | thighs while at the same time hitting the calves and |
| 40 minutes working on your tan while pushing yourself | | | | hamstrings. Carry out a pre-formatted (unchangeable) |
| to new limits. | | | | barbell which weights 40, 60, 80, or even 100 pounds. |
| The outdoors offers a few things you just can't match | | | | Put it onto your shoulders, and begin doing walking |
| with indoor training. First off, the quality of the air you | | | | lunges. Bodybuilders such as Ronnie Coleman and |
| breathe will be substantially better. The wind will hit you, | | | | Abbas Khatami have very famously completed this |
| keeping you cool. The sun will shine, helping you with | | | | movement on their DVDs. They chose the traditional |
| your tan, vitamin D levels, and with just plain feeling | | | | "gym parking lot" walk, but you can do it at your home |
| alive. The variety of visual stimulus will take your mind | | | | if you prefer. Dumbbells work for this movement as |
| off the intense workout, which will probably mean you'll | | | | well, although they can be a bit cumbersome should |
| end up lifting more. Finally, training outdoors allows you | | | | the knees bump them. |
| to have a great deal more space. The parking lot or | | | | Sprints |
| field near your home or gym offers plenty of room to | | | | Milos Sarcev, the famous bodybuilding training guru, |
| do things you normally cannot do in the gym due to a | | | | recently sustained severe leg damage while using |
| lack of space. | | | | sprints for leg training. His heart and mind were in the |
| Farmer's walk | | | | right spot, but his 40+ knees just weren't up to the |
| Pick up a heavy set of dumbbells and begin walking. | | | | task. If you're a young and healthy person with no |
| Then, keep walking. Go 40 feet. Go 400 feet. Take | | | | history of leg injury, give them a shot. They'll stimulate |
| them as long as you can. When you cannot walk or | | | | the thighs tremendously, and give your hamstrings a |
| hold them anymore, stop and drop them. Wait a few | | | | great workout as well. Be prepared for soreness you |
| minutes, then walk back to your starting point. This | | | | have never experienced before in your life! |
| movement trains the thighs, hips, glutes, hamstrings, | | | | Weighted jumps |
| calves, forearms, and other muscle groups in the body. | | | | Looking for something new your calves have never |
| It's one of the most simple and elementary of | | | | experienced? Try weighted jumps. Grip a light dumbbell |
| exercises, and also provides a good deal of functional | | | | in each hand, and complete 10 to 20 standing jumps in |
| strength which will matter in real life. If you can walk for | | | | grass. Leap as high as you can, and repeat! |
| more than 4 minutes on one set, add 20% to the | | | | |