Personal trainer Kristina Earnest, CPT, says that having a strong lower body is essential for performing many everyday functional movements. Moves that seem simple, like climbing steps or squatting to pick up something, require strength and stabilization from your legs. The best leg workouts include exercises that target all the muscles from every…

    There are few exercises that are better than back squats for building leg strength, muscle mass, and athletic capacity. Sometimes we can’t do the things we want to. The following exercises are not as effective as squats in the long term for building leg strength, but they can be used at different points…

    The trap bar deadlift is a very valuable exercise. The clean and jerk share similarities with both the squat and the deadlift and may be more effective at generating power than either of those exercises. Although it has some negative aspects, it appears that the advantages are much greater. This article covers all…