What's your favorite lower body workout routine?

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Self Improvement@hexbear.net · 4 months ago

So I have returned to the gym in the past couple weeks and I hit a pretty good stride, I’m stoked! Please tell me what you like to do so I can switch it up if I get bored

I have a lot of chronic physical pain that starts with my achilles tendon, to my knees, hip soreness, lower back, my right shoulder and my neck. So I’m starting from the foundation, and once I get the bottom half strongk I’m going to move on to upper body. (Still doing 1 upper body day though)

The lower body routine that I just put together is as follows and I would like to hear if you think it’s decent or if I could change it:

Warm up
Body weight squats
Single leg calf raises (Weights)
Hip thrusts (Weights)
Leg Extension Machine
Leg Curl Machine
Hip Abductor/Adductor Machine

Because of my knees and lower back I am pretty reticent towards squats and dead lifts because I have had problems with them before, so if anyone can give tips on form that are helpful for you that would be great. Or if you experience issues with one of the body parts I mentioned I’d love to hear how you rehabbed it!

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