Mistakes to Avoid During Lower Body Workouts

Toning lower body muscles is incredibly beneficial. You'll be able to walk or run longer and further, you'll be able to lift heavier things than ever before, and you'll be able to fill out a pair of jeans very nicely. As long as you learn to avoid common pitfalls that can lead to injury.First and foremost, you should avoid playing favorites with groups of muscles; yes, I know you want to have great butt, but striving for balance is essential to any effective workout program. If one lower body muscle group is monstrously strong compared
�to the others, it can pull your posture out of alignment and lead to injury.As the daughter of a double knee replacement patient, I'm acutely aware of the dangers involved in not protecting your knees. When working out, you should avoid locking your knees or allowing your knees to shoot out past your toes in squats, lunges, or leg presses. If you feel any knee pain during a workout, make sure to stop immediately to avoid the possibility of permanent injury. Return to the troublesome exercise after you have trained for a few more weeks.Many people who fear developing bulky leg muscles do more reps with lighter weights...This is a bad idea for several reasons. Firstly, it's going to be very boring. Who wants to do 40 reps of the same exercise? You're likely to fall asleep. Secondly, you're not really going to build much strength this way. Lifting lighter weights won't challenge the muscles in the same way that heavier weights will. In order for strength to increase, the muscle has to tear, and then heal with new muscle tissue in the place where the tear was. Finally, you're chance of injury increases when you place too much repetitive stress on the joints; some is beneficial of course, but generally it is a better idea to use more weight for less time than less weight for a longer time.Mistakes to Avoid During Lower Body Workouts

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