Health and Fitness

I’d like to concentrate a bit more on making my calves bigger and more muscular, so would biking be a good exercise for that?
Or should I do leg presses?

What would be some good exercises for that? )

Biking works both. don’t do leg presses because that helps your thighs. If you want to concentrate on only one muscle group, like body builders do, try calf raises, because these isolate the calves.

The lumps are very temporary, but occur in the same two spots. They seem to disappear after a few seconds. There is no bruising or discoloration. Once they disappear there is no evidence that they were there.

My guess is that they are lipomas – benign fatty tumors.

http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/Lipoma-Topic-Overview

I’m a personal trainer, but I’m new at it, so I could use some suggestions. I have a client who (against my wishes) did a boat load of deep knee bends on a day when he didnt work out with me, and is consequently EXTREMELY sore. I would like to work out his legs today, but I don’t want to over do it. Any suggestions on something we could do?

* Wait. Soreness will go away in 3 to 7 days with no special treatment.
* Avoid any vigorous activity that increases pain.
* Do some easy low-impact aerobic exercise – this will increase blood flow to the affected muscles, which may help diminish soreness.
* Use the R.I.C.E. treatment plan

* Use gentle stretching on the affected area
* Gently massage the affected muscles.
* Try using a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications to reduce the soreness temporarily, though they won’t actually speed healing.
* There is some evidence that performing Yoga may reduce DOMS.
* Allow the soreness to subside thoroughly before performing any vigorous exercise.
* Don’t forget to stretch and warm up before your targeted activity.
* If your pain persists longer than about 7 days or increases despite these measures, consult your physician.

I’m kinda fat in the thigh area and I need some tips on how to lose it and muscularize it.

Running will get rid of that fat in no time.

Also staying away from a lot of carbohydrates (bread, rice, potatoes) will also help prevent leg and belly fat.

I broke my leg and its no big deal, I have a shoe sort of thing that I put on and I can walk on it with no pain But I’m worried I will get no exercise and become lazy what can I do?

Follow your doc’s orders. I would say to just do a lot of core exercises until you can truly bear wait on your leg. At the time, begin hamstring and quad strengthening exercises.

My nutritionist recommended doing my 4 miles a day, plus my job If I want to. I do, but when I try to, I get too many leg muscle cramps!! How can I relieve/avoid these? Anyone know? Thanx ahead of time.
I stretch my legs a lot and am on my feet at work for 6 hours. Still doesn’t seem to help.

your body is missing Calcium and Potassium.. get 1000mg Calcium and 3500mg Potassium. these will get rid of your leg cramping

I need to strengthen my legs for a mountain hiking trip I have coming up. What weight / resistance exercise will strengthen the quadracep? I need to train for carrying a backpack down a step hill.

You could go to the gym and use one of those resistance machine thingys. Or you could do a lot of wall-sits. Or you use a rowing machine. Or you could use a stair stepper. To make a stair stepper even better, you could carry a small backpack while you use it, but put weights or cans of soup or something in it. Or you could just do normal stair steps on the curb or inside your house, but with the backpack with weights in it. And go running. That helps build up your endurance.

It would be great to tone your legs, plus an excellent cardiovascular workout. But, it’s not very good on your knees.

I have two, 11 foot flights of stairs in my house, and ever since 5 years ago, I always went up them, two steps at a time. I ran up the stairs about 6 times a day.

I just realized that my thighs and my butt are really big. Could this be because I was running up and down the stairs?

Also, is there a way to burn this muscle? The big butt looks kinda awkward on me, haha.

yes, its good exercise.

I just turned 14 about 2 months ago and I’m 5′1"
Will leg exercise stunt my growth?

no it can actually make you taller by constant stretching