{"id":7139,"date":"2012-10-13T18:48:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T22:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/strengthen-the-hips-with-the-inner-outer-thigh-machine\/"},"modified":"2012-10-13T18:59:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T22:59:45","slug":"strengthen-the-hips-with-the-inner-outer-thigh-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/strengthen-the-hips-with-the-inner-outer-thigh-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthen The Hips With The INNER &#038; OUTER Thigh Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><br \/>\nWe all know that a chain is only as strong as it&#8217;s weakest link, and for a lot of guys the hips are a weak link. Just think of all the workout programs you&#8217;ve followed, how many of them emphasized specific exercises to build up the hips? <\/p>\n<p><em>Probably not that many&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But the hips play more of a role in your overall strength and development than most guys realize. When your hips are strong that will carry over into a stronger squat, a stronger deadlift, a higher vertical jump, and a faster sprint.<\/p>\n<p>Now you&#8217;ll often see the ladies at the gym to using the <strong>Inner &#038; Outer Thigh Machine<\/strong>, but very rarely will you ever see a guy using it. Men think of this move as a sissy exercise and if they are caught using it and opening and closing their legs in the gym they will be less of a man. <\/p>\n<p><strong>But this is a BIG mistake&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are a bodybuilder looking to maximize your muscle growth, than you need to include specific inner and outer thigh exercises in your routine so you can get the most out of your big compound mass building moves<em> (i.e. squats, deadlifts, leg press, etc.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And if you are an athlete strong hips are critical for fast lateral movement and to improve your performance on the court and on the field.<\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m suggesting that starting now you begin including the Inner &#038; Outer Thigh Machine as a regular part of your leg training.<br \/>\n<em>(aka: adductor and abductor exercises)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<strong><font color=\"brown\">Click PLAY to watch the video clip below&#8230;<\/font><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/4mbHljlrBBM?list=UUwher3o4YKb85XUztEh53Eg&amp;hl=en_US\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<I><U>Note:<\/u> if you are using an iPad and can&#8217;t watch the embedded video clip above,<br \/>\nthen you can watch it right on my YouTube Channel by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4mbHljlrBBM&#038;feature=share&#038;list=UUwher3o4YKb85XUztEh53Eg\" title=\"Inner Outer Thigh Machine\" target=\"_blank\"><U>Clicking Here<\/u><\/a><\/i><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>I recommend doing higher volume for these exercises. Start off with light weight and shoot for 100 total reps of both the inner and outer thigh machine. You can super set them back and forth to save time.<\/p>\n<p>If you do 4-5 sets of 20-25 reps for each exercise once a week, you&#8217;ll start to notice the improvements and feel stronger and more stable in your lower body in as little as 6 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Give it a try for yourself and then leave me a comment letting me know how it works for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that a chain is only as strong as it&#8217;s weakest link, and for a lot of guys the hips are a weak link. Just think of all the workout programs you&#8217;ve followed, how many of them emphasized specific exercises to build up the hips? (probably not that many) The hips play more of a role in your overall strength and development than most guys realize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,11,17,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deadlift-workouts","category-leg-workouts","category-squat-workouts","category-workout-exercise-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p36tGh-1R9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7139"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7142,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7139\/revisions\/7142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}