Katherine Straughn

Yet ANOTHER reason not to skip 🦵 leg day 👀

That 👆isn’t just fitness advice. It’s backed by research.Studies have found that resistance training can:

* Increase muscle mass and strength
* Improve insulin sensitivity and blood sugar regulation
* Increase bone density
* Reduce the risk of falls and fractures
* Improve balance and mobility
* Support heart and metabolic health
* Improve mood and reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression
* Be associated with better memory and cognitive function as we age

Your 🦵🦵s are your largest muscle group. Training them creates a powerful whole-body response, releasing compounds from your muscles (called myokines) that help support healthy communication between your muscles, brain, and other organs.

Researchers are actively studying how this “muscle-brain connection” may help protect cognitive function as we age.

While strength training isn’t a guaranteed way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, maintaining muscle strength and staying physically active are consistently associated with healthier brain aging🤔

These are my go-to leg exercises:
✔️ Pendulum Squats
✔️ Hip Thrusts
✔️ Single-Leg Work
✔️ Hamstring Curls
✔️ Leg Press

Comment LEGS and I’ll send you my favorite leg workout. 💪

#sober #fitnessmotivation #legdayworkout