leg muscles
June 3, 2010
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Physio Ball Exercises for Lower Body : Warming Up Leg Muscles & Joints Using a Physio Ball
Is a 30 minute run good for building leg muscles?
I do some squats and things for my glutes, but will running for 30 minutes build up my calf/upper leg muscles?
The running will strengthen your leg muscles but will define those muscles more than build them up.
Leg extensions will work your quadriceps (the group of muscles on the front of your thigh), leg curls will build the biceps femoris (back of your thigh) and toe raises (standing, with or without holding extra weight, with your toes on a board and raising up and down) is one exercise to work one of your calf muscles (gastrocnemius). Another calf muscle, the soleus, is a little trickier to target (it hides behind the gastrocnemius and only really shows to the sides of your calf - it's a critical muscle for jumping, though).
More weight with fewer repetitions will build the size and strength of your muscles, more repititions with lighter or no weight will create definition and endurance in those muscles.
Running will work the most important muscle in your body - your heart! And it will also tone those leg muscles and target all those other little supporting muscles that help you keep your balance.
GO FOR IT, as part of an overall work-out plan.
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