8-Min Daily Routine
Eat This Not That • • health
Key Points:
- Leg press machines strengthen lower-body muscles but lack the challenge of real-life balance and stability, limiting functional strength development.
- Personal trainer Matt Bandelier recommends an eight-minute bodyweight routine targeting multi-directional, weight-bearing, and stability-driven movements to better mimic everyday activities.
- The routine includes exercises like box squats, bodyweight hip hinges, reverse lunges to knee drives, and split squat isometric holds, focusing on activating core, hips, and stabilizer muscles.
- This approach aims to improve thigh strength, balance, and coordination more effectively than machine-based workouts, especially for older adults.
- Each exercise is performed for one minute or 10-15 reps per side, repeated twice to complete the circuit.
