Tom's 1 Minute Pro Tips - Why Single Leg Exercises Are So Important

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When it comes to being as healthy and injury-free as possible, you want to train the way you move. This is why single leg, also known as “unilateral training,” is so important; especially when it comes to your lower body. You spend a great deal of time supporting your body with just one leg - Thus you want to perform exercises that utilize the same muscular patterns and activation.

Single leg exercises are one of the reasons I have been able to race 25 Ironman triathlons and over 70 marathons and ultra marathons around the world, while remaining injury-free.

Want to learn more about why you should add single leg training to your workouts? Watch this quick Fit Tip and find out!

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Why Single Leg Exercises Are So Important

Hi, I'm Tom Holland BowFlex Fitness Adviser.

Why are single leg exercises so important? They are so important, I am living proof of it, because we have so many imbalances and weaknesses in our lower body that one-legged exercises help to correct.

So whether it's your glutes, your knees, your hips, all the different issues we have with our lower body; lower body single leg exercises are phenomenal at helping to strengthen your weak links and keep you injury free.

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