So in the process of fitness, leg muscles are definitely needed, and leg muscle training is also a very important part. For our general bodybuilders, it is more appropriate to exercise leg muscles once a week or two.
In our leg muscle training, besides barbell squat, there is also an excellent leg training action, that is, leg lifting.
When it comes to leg lifts, if you are not familiar with them, you may be entangled in a question, that is, where to put your feet when doing leg lifts, whether to put them high or low.
If you have the same problem, keep reading. Bian Xiao, I will use my knowledge and ability to analyze this problem, hoping to help everyone.
First, the toes are slightly outside eight, which is consistent with the orientation of the knees.
This requirement is similar to that when we do squats. We all need to protect our knees when doing actions, and the more important step to protect our knees is to make our toes and knees face in the same direction.
Because what we need to know is that if the toe direction is inconsistent with the knee direction or even the deviation is too large when we are doing leg lifting, the compressive force on our knee will increase exponentially, thus greatly increasing the chance of knee injury, which may cause some pathological symptoms of our knee in severe cases.
In addition, when we lift our legs, we can make our toes face the same as our knees, so that we can better feel the force of leg muscles when we do actions, thus increasing the training effect when we practice our legs.
Second, the distance between the two feet should be as wide as or slightly wider than the shoulders.
What we need to know is that when we do leg lifts, the distance between our feet is too large or too small, which is not conducive to the exercise of our leg muscles.
Moreover, if the distance between your feet is too wide, your knees can't stand it, and then some injuries may occur. If the distance between your feet is too large, your hips, that is, your ass, will be unbearable. If it's serious, there may be something wrong with your hip.
Third, the position of the foot should be chosen.
After we have made the orientation of our toes and the distance between our feet, we still need to do one thing, that is, choose a good position to place our feet.
Generally speaking, when doing leg lifting, we'd better put our feet on the top of the leg lifting baffle, and don't put our feet too low.
Because when we are doing leg lifts, in the downward process, that is, in the downward movement of the instrument, it is best not to exceed the toes, so as to protect our knees from excessive pressure and some injuries.
Finally, Bian Xiao, what I want to say is that when we do leg lifts, we should never pursue excessive training weight, because if our training weight is too heavy, our knees will be easily injured!
I hope what I said above is helpful to everyone. If not, please comment below.