Q&A for How to Get Stronger Legs

If you're looking to build leg muscle, you need to make sure that you're increasing your calorie intake so that you can build that muscle.

A leg extension is a great exercise for building leg size, as well as the leg curl. Another exercise is the deadlift. That one will build a lot of leg size. The other component would be the amount of repetitions that you do. The repetitions usually work best between 8 and 10 repetitions.

If your plan is to build more muscle, you need to have more lean meats. Fish, like tuna, is a great option. You can also try soy, beans, and chicken breast. Those are all very good choices for promoting more lean muscle in the body.

Work the muscles we call the fast-twitch muscles. Fast explosive moves like jumping, punching, raking, swinging a bat or racquet, or dribbling a basket ball are all good exercises to meet your goals.

For young people the best way to strengthen the legs is running and jumping. Skipping is great exercise, especially for the calves. Single leg hops, standing long jump, running long jump, high jumping or just jumping back and forth over a curb, log or stick is great exercise for the legs. Jump puddles, or jump up the stairs one foot at a time.

Get up and walk, but be cautious. Make sure you stretch your muscles. Also, try doing different leg exercises, like leg raises. Go slow, and make sure you're consuming enough calcium to keep your bones strong. In your situation, though, the best thing to do would be talk to your doctor and have them prescribe a round of physical therapy. This way your recovery can be supervised by a professional.

An activity that I would do to increase leg strength is squats or wall sits (for about 2 minutes each). If you are exercising in the water, do streamline jumps.

As a soccer player, I enjoy yoga, but you can do lunges, calf stretches, and hamstring stretches.

Do cardio and push-ups. Pull-ups also are great way to develop muscles quickly.

Do calf raises and squats.

One quick way to get faster is to check your form. If you open up your stride and move your arms down to your pockets and up to your ears, you will automatically be faster. Also, stronger arms, legs, and core, will make you faster. The most important part is determination; without it, you can't run faster at all.

Step ups are a very good exercise. Find something around 3 feet tall and step up with one leg. Make sure to stand all the way up, and then step down with the same leg. Make sure to do the same amount of sets with the other leg.

Calcium is important for strong teeth and bones, but Vitamin D is also needed to help the body absorb it. Dairy products are great sources of both nutrients and will help your leg and wrist bones stay strong.

A stationary bike might work well for you. It's good aerobic exercise and it will tone your thighs, calves, and even abdominal muscles. An upright bike allows you to work your arm muscles at the same time.

Try doing lower weights on basic exercises such as leg squats, shoulder presses, bicep curls and tricep extensions. Focus on getting stronger at a rep range of 4-6.

Start by strengthening your legs, such as your quadriceps, hamstrings, and calf muscles. Practice makes perfect. Keep practicing shooting and you will meet your goals.

You need to work out your arm muscles. Do strength training, weightlifting, and body weight exercises: pull-ups, dips, push-ups, etc. Alternate rest days with workout days to allow your muscles time to grow, and push your muscles to their limits, but always stop before it hurts.

If you are a badminton player, you will need power to jump and run and move quickly. Target your calves, quads, and hamstrings. Try doing sprints also.

If you are over 12, I'd say you could get into a weight room at a gym. You could also do squats and lunges with small hand weights to build leg strength. But, depending on your age, just running around outside and/or doing a sport will probably strengthen your legs plenty.

Depends on your genetics. If your parents aren’t incredible athletes, you can only be so good. Everyone has a ceiling no matter how hard they train and perfect their techniques.

Start working out. Squats and pushups work well enough and are free to do try to do 25 each and then raise it, depending on whether you think you can do more. If you stop feeling the burn after a workout, then increase it.

Squats are a go to exercise for leg strength. They do, however, require practice to get right. Deadlifts are an equally challenging but less technically difficult alternative. As for whole workouts, I'd recommend stronglifts 5x5. It's a weightlifting program that gets you to squat every workout and it's designed for novices and intermediates, so you can keep going with it for a long time.

The best exercise for building calf muscles is doing calf raises.

A good way to strengthen your legs and improve your jump height is to squat down very low, then jump as high as you can many times. Do this as often as you can. As for running, simply practice as often as you can.

Don't let your knees pass the height of your toes. If they are beyond your toes, all of your weight is landing on your knees, as a result they will hurt more and more. It is better if you talk to a doctor or a trainer about this.

If you feel healthy and strong, in the beginning try sitting down on a chair and standing up multiple times. Go out walking/jogging. If you can, hire a personal trainer for you.

You may use your legs, but you don't work your legs. Muscles develop to the point where they can get by just day to day. That's why you lose muscle when you don't work out. Your body doesn't need all of that. So to get stronger legs, you need to work your legs.