How To Do Leg Extensions With The Cuffs Video

By doing leg extensions with the cuffs, the quad muscles of the leg are worked strenuously. Learn how to perform leg extensions with the cuffs from a personal trainer in this exercise video.

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Sue Conrad is a personal trainer with a certification through the American Council on Exercise (ACE) since 2001.

In this clip, we're going to be doing a leg extension with the exercuff. Okay. This is a nice modification on the leg extension if you don't have a large piece of equipment do to this exercise. What we're going to do is we are going to bring our knee up. Our feet shoulder width apart. Bring our knee up. Extend that leg forward. Bring that knee back to almost a 90 degree angle and then lower that leg. So you're going to raise the knee up. Extend with the foot flexed. Bring back to approximately 90 degrees and lower that knee. And while you are doing this, you want to keep your body in an upright position. Shoulders back, head level, back nice and straight. Bring your knee up. Extend. Knee back up and relax. Knee up, extend, knee up, relax. You should start to feel a burn after a little while on this exercise. Now let's start off with sets of, two sets of ten to twelve. Keep it at a nice slow pace so those muscles are working and not the momentum.

How to do leg extensions with the cuffs Video

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