rydra_wong: Tight shot of a woman's back (Krista of stumptuous) as she does a pull-up. (strength -- pull-up)
rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote in [community profile] lifting_heavy_things 2011-03-22 04:05 pm (UTC)

What free weight exercises do you do for your abdomen/legs?

For abs: planks planks planks. I did a mini linkspam on plank and related exercises here.

Legs: squats and deadlifts. But when you're running regularly, you may find that your legs are already getting enough of a workout from that; it may be more important to balance it out with stretching rather than hitting them with even more work.

I second [personal profile] thalia's comment about compound exercises (and want to add a plug for my personal favourite, the Turkish get-up); they hit multiple muscle groups at once and I generally find them much more fun and less tedious than trying to work every single body part in isolation.

wrist curls

That's an ultra-specific exercise -- if you don't mind my asking, is there a particular reason why you're doing that?

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