5 Staple Leg Day Exercises 🔥 | #shorts

2 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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In this concise YouTube short, fitness trainer Eric Roberts outlines the five essential exercise categories that should form the core of any leg‑day routine. He emphasizes that each category can be performed with a variety of variations and equipment: (1) squat variations (e.g., back squat, hack squat, goblet squat), (2) single‑leg squat variations (e.g., Bulgarian split squat, lunge, step‑up), (3) Romanian deadlift variations (using dumbbells, barbell, trap bar, etc.), (4) hip‑thrust variations (regular, Smith‑machine, kickstand, single‑leg), and (5) hamstring‑curl variations (machine, stability‑ball, lying on a ball). The video’s purpose is to give viewers a clear, flexible framework for structuring leg workouts, encouraging them to incorporate these staple movements regardless of equipment availability.

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Here are my 5 main staple exercises that you should be doing during your leg days. Number 1, some sort of squat variation. It could be a back squat, could be a hack squat, could be a goblet squat. Number 2, some sort of single leg squat variation. Could be a Bulgarian split squat, could be a lunge, could be a step up. Number 3, some sort of Romanian deadlift variation. Could be dumbbells, barbell, trap bar, whatever it is. Number 4, some sort of hip thrust. It could be a regular hip thrust, could be a Smith machine, could be a kickstand or a single leg hip thrust. And number 5, some sort of hamstring curl variation. You can use a machine, you can use laying down on a ball, putting your feet up on like a stability ball. But those 5 main exercises are what you should be doing during your leg days. Hope it helped.