Leg Day Gym Hacks You NEED To See 👀

7 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this concise instructional video, fitness coach Eric Roberts shares five practical leg‑day hacks to improve muscle activation, stability, and range of motion. He advises bracing calves against a bench during Romanian deadlifts to better target glutes and hamstrings; setting up Bulgarian split squats from the bottom and using a band positioned at a comfortable foot spot; swapping foamy‑sole shoes for flat‑sole shoes for lunges and squats to increase stability and lift heavier; performing leg curls with a controlled ascent to keep tension on the hamstrings rather than the calves; and widening the squat stance while placing 5‑lb plates under the heels to achieve deeper squats. The video’s purpose is to give viewers actionable tips that can be immediately applied to enhance leg‑day performance and reduce injury risk.

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5 leg day gym hacks you can't go without. The next time you're doing RDLs, if you want to feel your glutes and your hamstrings more, back your calves up against a bench and then keep contact with the bench the entire time. Instead of trying to set your Bulgarian split squats up from the top, instead just start from the bottom, figure out where your foot feels comfortable, and then set up a band where your foot feels most comfortable so you don't have to remember where your foot goes. If you're trying to do lunges or if you're trying to do squats, With these shoes with the foamy bottoms, then you need to swap them out for shoes with flat bottoms instead so you can have more stability, prevent injuries, and lift heavier weight. The next time you're doing a leg curl, make sure you don't fling out of the bottom or you're going to end up feeling all of your calf instead of your hamstring. Make sure to go slower out of the bottom to feel your hamstring more. If you can't seem to get low enough in your squats, be sure to move your feet out wider and then get some 5-pound plates, slide them underneath your heels, and then do your squats like this so you can get lower.