Vicky Kaushal Performing Leg Press Will Make You Hit The Gym This Weekend; Know Benefits Of This Exercise

Weight loss tips: Are you skipping gym regularly but you still want to achieve your fitness goals? With a drop in temperature, you might be skipping exercise. The cold weather makes it difficult to workout daily. But here is some weekend motivation for you. Your favourite Bollywood star Vicky Kaushal shared a video from his gym routine. This is the right motivation you need to start this weekend to stick to your fitness goals. Vicky Kaushal is currently ruling many hearts with his good looks and perfect physique. The actor went under complete transformation for his film Uri. The actor is an inspiration for many.

Vicky Kaushal Fitness: Vicky shares video of performing leg press

In the video shared by Vicky on his social media handle, you can see him performing leg press. In the video, Vicky is performing the exercise with heavy weights. Leg press is an exercise of legs which helps in building key muscles in the legs. Leg press offers many benefits, especially to the legs. Here are some amazing benefits of leg press and reasons why you must try it just like Vicky Kaushal.

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Leg press helps in toning leg's muscles
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Benefits of leg press-

1. It is a great exercise for leg day. Leg days might be a little difficult for you. Leg press can be a perfect fit into your leg day routine. It will help you warm up your legs

2. It can be a great alternative to squats. On some days when you want to skip squats, you can go for leg press but sometimes.

3. There are multiple variations of leg press which you can try

4. It is extremely good for runners

5. It helps you build muscular legs. You would experience more strength in your legs and lower body

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Not just Vicky Kaushal stars like Salman Khan, Huma Qureshi and many cricketers add leg press to their fitness routine. But never perform this exercise on your own. Always perform this under your trainer's guidance. Also, choose the tight weight according to your body. Everyone has a different body structure and fitness level. So, choose the weight carefully as suggested by your trainer. If not performed correctly it can even lead to serious injury. Do not use too much weight during the initial stage.

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