Trail Running/Walking
Works the quads.
- Primary muscles
- Quads
- Secondary muscles
- Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings
- Equipment
- Body only
- Level
- Beginner
How to do it
- Running or hiking on trails will get the blood pumping and heart beating almost immediately. Make sure you have good shoes. While you use the muscles in your calves and buttocks to pull yourself up a hill, the knees, joints and ankles absorb the bulk of the pounding coming back down. Take smaller steps as you walk downhill, keep your knees bent to reduce the impact and slow down to avoid falling.
- A 150 lb person can burn over 200 calories for 30 minutes walking uphill, compared to 175 on a flat surface. If running the trail, a 150 lb person can burn well over 500 calories in 30 minutes.
Track it
Log every set in Pensum. It keeps your best sets and estimates your one-rep max as you go. Estimate your 1RM now.
More Quads exercises
- Alternate Leg Diagonal Bound Body only
- Bench Jump Body only
- Bodyweight Squat Body only
- Bodyweight Walking Lunge Body only
- Double Leg Butt Kick Body only
- Fast Skipping Body only
- Freehand Jump Squat Body only
- Frog Hops Body only