Warm up properly before leg day with these essential stretches and movements to prepare your body for peak performance.

Warm-up exercises protect against injury and help maximize performance. Here, trainers share the best pre-workout moves, including dynamic, static, and cardio ones.

This warm-up exercise for runners may seem easy, but it packs in a lot: it improves balance and co-ordination and contributes towards ankle stability. How to do it: Simply stand on one leg and ...

The combination of leg and core strength, along with cardio conditioning through weight movement, makes you better at rucking ...

Hands up: Who skips warm-up exercises and cool-downs even more than leg day? You're not alone. The problem, however, is that these routines are essential to your workout.

Running warm-up This warm-up from trainer Traci Copeland is a quickie way to get ready for your runs. There are only 11 exercises, which you go through in just 5 minutes.

Lift one leg up behind you, keeping the knee bent at a 90-degree angle. Push your foot upwards toward the ceiling, focusing on engaging your glutes. Keep your hips square and avoid arching your back ...

Sit on the floor with your legs extended in front, knees straight. Lean forward gradually as far as you can, ... Here's the correct order you should warm up before your workout.

Rather than focusing on a single quad exercise machine (because there are many), Lauren gives a shoutout to a few of her favourites, which include the hack squat, leg extension, and leg press.

If your gym doesn’t have a leg press or a hack squat, don’t worry. The humble walking lunge is one of the best exercises you can do to make your legs pop in shorts, says Carlson.