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Lower body fitness advice

Increasing your lower body strength is a terrific way to help improve your athletic performance because almost every moment you make will call on the lower body for support. Smart choices for exercises to comprise a lower body workout program are squats, lunges, deadlifts, calf raises, hamstring curls, and leg extensions. Be sure you take at least one day off in between any leg workouts you do because they are so intense, and you need plenty of time to recover.

Leg & foot conditioning
 
If you are trying to prevent shin splints or ankle sprains, lower leg and foot condition exercises important. The lower leg and foot condition exercises you should consider adding to your program are calf raises, toe flexes, and ankle rolls with an elastic tubing around the toes.
 
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Lower body conditioning
 
Good exercises to include when you concerned with conditioning of the lower body include squats, deadlifts, lunges, calf raises, hamstring curls, and leg extensions. Make sure you perform the exercises to improve the conditioning of the lower body at least two times a week to see noticeable results.
 
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