Fitness Tip of the Day: Monday Muscles --Cardio + Lower Body

Last Monday I posted a Cardio + Upper Body routine, so I thought I'd post one with lower body this week.

Your lower body already gets a lot of work during the cardio portion of a routine because it's the movement of the bigger muscles of your body--your legs--that gets your heart rate up.  This is more endurance work of the muscle--the ability to do something for a longer period of time.  I've said this before, when you train a muscle for strength, it's more about the ability to do something once or just a few times, like lifting something heavy--USE YOUR LEGS, NOT YOUR BACK!!!

There's no real warm up, so I posted one on the sidebar above the stretch routine that you can follow.  Remember, modify when you need to and breathe out on the exertion portion of the exercises, naval to your spine the whole time, chest up, shoulders back--no slouching!  Most important, have fun with it--you CAN do it!!!