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IFBB Pro Julia Danielle Whitesel Shows Off Amazing Body: "Finally Got to Play"

Strengthen your muscles, increase bone density, and boost your metabolism with squats, lunges, leg extensions, and more.

Julia Danielle Whitesel shows off her guns.
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Julia Danielle Whitesel is a competitor in the IFBB. She shares a lot of her favorite workouts on Instagram. Earlier this month, Whitesel shared some of her favorite lower body workouts in a reel. She captioned it, “Favvy training day of the week. Finally got to play with the new vertical squat up at @gp_athletics It is aggresssssive. Today waaaas:: single leg press x10 till ya can’t get 10 no mo. Plate loaded ham curls 3-4 sets in the 10-15 range. Vertical squat - kept adding plates xfailure till 6-8 range. Superset of lunges from the belt squat w/ a quad bias leg press x20. Leg extensions SS abductions in the 15-20 range. My legs already hurrrrrtz. Still just over here enjoying off-season. I love my house and my dogs and my husband and work and i’m happy with that right now while we get fudgin huge in the mean time.”


She Strength Trains

Whitesel does a lot of strength training to keep herself in shape. She is seen using weights in her Instagram video. The Mayo Clinic states that strength training is extremely beneficial. “By stressing your bones, strength training can increase bone density and reduce the risk of osteoporosis. Strength training can help you manage or lose weight, and it can increase your metabolism to help you burn more calories.”

She Does Squats

Julia Danielle Whitesel is seen doing squats with a vertical squat up machine.

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Whitesel is seen doing squats in her Instagram video. Squats have a lot of benefits. The Cleveland Clinic reports, “Squats target and strengthen your thighs, hips and butt. Why does that matter? A strong lower body is important for athletes, yes, but not just for athletes. Your lower body fuels your ability to walk, run, jump 
 everything, really. It also generates power for upper-body movements and all kinds of other activities.”

She Does Lunges

Julia Danielle Whitesel does lunges

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Whitesel is also seen doing lunges in her Instagram video. The Mayo Clinic says that they have a lot of health benefits. “The lunge is a body resistance exercise that works the leg muscles. Specifically, the lunge targets the quadriceps and the hamstring muscles in the thigh, the gluteal muscles in the buttock, and to a lesser extent, the lower leg muscles. The lunge is a great conditioning exercise for many sports, especially those that involve lunging movements, such as tennis, basketball or soccer.”

She Does Leg Extensions

Julia Danielle Whitesel is pictured using a leg extension machine.

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Whitesel is also seen doing leg extensions in her Instagram video. Leg extensions have a lot of benefits. Asphalt Green says, “You’ve heard of lower body exercise like squats or leg presses. But there's a pair of machines that will help you work specific muscles that other leg exercises can miss: the leg extension and hamstring curl machines. These machines provide isolation exercises for your legs. This type of exercise works only one muscle or group of muscles, which means you can build up that part of your body quickly. If you want your thigh muscles to really stand out in those shorts you just bought, the leg extension machine is for you!”

She Does Deadlifts

Whitesel shared this lower body workout video on Instagram. One exercise she is seen doing in it is deadlifts. She captioned the post, “Leg day was a fair handed maiden. Mighty kind of ya. How could I ever repay ya. Evermore. Straight legs from the belt, 6 plates on the true and then another go at 7. Maybe wait till after the show for 8, when leg day will be even more of a fair handed maiden. Stay sweet y’all.”

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