Are Your Lower Back Muscles Sore and Overworked? Get Stronger Legs!

Yes, strengthening your leg muscles will relieve low-back tension. There are some simple reasons for this, and some simple solutions.

Give your back a break.
Are your lower back muscles sore and fatigued often? Maybe they are working too hard.

You might be working your back, when you should be using your legs. Your body might be in a holding pattern of work and tension.

By strengthening your legs, they will become more active. They will start to do more of the work- the work that your back has been doing.

Retrain painful habits.
As we strengthen larger leg muscles, we train our bodies to use our legs instead of our backs.

This principle is the functional application of exercise. When we spend time in exercise, our bodies eventually learn habits that apply to our daily lives.

For example, when we practice lunge exercises, we gradually begin to lunge more often for everyday tasks of picking things up. This saves our backs from excessive work.

Strengthen the legs.
Some exercises are highly effective at retraining our bodies to perform everyday tasks better.

For functional fitness, use free weights instead of machines. They work your muscles more thoroughly than machines.

Holding dumbbells or a bar, stand tall and Lunge. You can practice walking lunges, or alternate legs. Keep your torso tall as you lower to the ground.

Squats are also good exercises for all-over leg strengthening. Again, use dumbbells or a bar. Focus on sitting back, as if you are getting up from a low, worn-out couch.

You should notice a difference quickly in your back. It is crucial that you use good form when you exercise. You might want to hire a personal fitness trainer to show you how to do these exercises properly.

After practicing these exercises just a few times, one fitness client was so happy after working a long, physically-demanding day that he exclaimed: "In the past, I would be in so much pain. By lunch-time, my back would be killing me. Now, the pain is not there. Today, when I finished, I thought how incredible it was that I worked so hard and had no pain." -Gede Ardika of El Jebel, Colorado

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