Getting sick of squats and lunges? Want a way to progress your quads and leg strength? Try this exercise - the Reverse Nordic. It uses a different type of muscle contraction to strengthen your quads - called eccentric contraction.
Our bodies can accomodate to exercise and stop improving. So sometimes we need to change things up to get the shock value our bodies need to take notice. A diferent stress that causes the micro-damage our bodies respond to by rebuilding. When you hear someone say “geez I'm sore from skiing/hiking/playing a different sport - I haven't used those muscles in a while!” - well they have - we use all the muscles in our legs just to walk. However, different exercises and activities use the SAME muscles at DIFFERENT LENGTHS and DIFFERENT speeds. This is why we'll feel them afterwards.
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