How Leg Day Can Boost Your Upper Body Gains
New research confirms that leg day isn’t just for building bigger quads.
Leg day is a polarizing event. Some dread it, others embrace it—but the benefits go beyond building bigger quads and hamstrings.
According to a new study published in the journal Sports Medicine, training your legs doesn’t just improve lower body strength and muscle mass. It also enhances upper body growth and strength gains.
Is this a surprising finding to me? No—it just reinforces what me and many other training experts have known for decades. Here's why training legs hard actually ends up being a full-body workout ...
Why Leg Training Increases Upper Body Muscle Growth
UK researchers in the aformentioned conducted a systematic review of 24 studies examining the connection between lower and upper body training.
They concluded that training legs—either before or after your upper body—led to greater upper body strength and muscle gains compared to training upper body alone.
So why does this happen? Two main reasons: anabolic hormones and central nervous system
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