It's not unusual for men and women alike to undertrain their legs,hoping that running, biking or the StairMaster will be sufficient.
Leg training ranks low on the popularity scale - the fact is, it's very hard work.
Legs, the body's largest muscle group, put the greatest demands on the heart, lungs and vascular system. Not only exhausting, leg exercises are dull, limited in selection and cause the meanest burn from lactic acid this side of the Kentucky. Besides, you don't see them unless you look down. Inevitably, men and women do look down and great legs on another scale rank very high. Here we have incentive number one of a long and impressive list.