Whitney Simmons is a fitness influencer and trainer on the Alive app. Simmons is currently doing the “Begin Again” challenge on the app. She recently shared a lower body workout on her Instagram post. Simmons captioned the post, “MIC’D UP 🎤 LEG DAY. Day 8 of @thealiveapp Begin Again Challenge 🌶️🥵❤️🔥 start your free trial & come join me 🫶🏼 1️⃣ 4x5 kas glute bridge 2️⃣ 3x8 b-stance rdl 3️⃣ 3x8 leg press 4️⃣ 2x10 glute dom back extensions.”
She Does Glute Bridges
Simmons is seen doing glute bridges in her Instagram post. NASM reports that this exercise has a lot of benefits. “Glute bridges are a useful exercise for building core stability, building glute strength, and improving overall exercise form and function. When performed as a stabilization exercise, glute bridges activate the glutes to function as they are supposed to in other movements like squats, deadlifts, walking, and running. Adding weight progresses glute bridges into a strength exercise, which can build strength in the glute muscles.”
She Does RDLs
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Simmons is also seen doing RDLs with a barbell in her Instagram video. RDLs are very beneficial. ACE Fitness says, “The Romanian deadlift (RDL) is a traditional barbell lift used to develop the strength of the posterior chain muscles, including the erector spinae, gluteus maximus, hamstrings and adductors. When done correctly, the RDL is an effective exercise that helps strengthen both the core and the lower body with one move. Unlike the traditional barbell deadlift and other quad-dominant exercises such as leg presses, which place significant loads on the anterior portion of the knees, the RDL focuses most of the physical work on the muscles responsible for extending the hip and the knee from the posterior.”
She Strength Trains
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Simmons is seen doing strength training exercises in her Instagram video. The Mayo Clinic states that strength training has a lot of benefits. “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 Leg Presses
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Simmons is also seen doing leg presses in her Instagram video. According to The Mayo Clinic, leg presses are very beneficial. “The leg press is an exercise you can do with a weight machine to work a variety of muscles in the lower body. Specifically, the leg press targets the quadriceps muscles in the front of the thighs, the gluteal muscles in the buttocks, the hamstring muscles in the back of the thighs, and the calves, all in an integrated fashion. Since the leg press works several muscles at once, it's an especially efficient way to strengthen your lower body.”
She's Ok Gaining Weight
Simmons opened up about her journey with body image in the caption of this Instagram post. In it, she revealed that she has accepted weight gain. “I lost a lot of weight over the several years I was struggling so deeply with suicidal ideation, severe anxiety and depression. A lot of you know I have always trained simply because I love to. I lost that love for a very long time after the gym became a traumatic place for me. It took me almost a year to return again. GAINING WEIGHT IS NOT ALWAYS A BAD THING 👏🏼 I finally, after years of hard work to overcome my mental illnesses, feel my strongest again both mentally and physically. I’ve worked hard to continue to push weight out of the desire to simply feel strong again, not to chase a certain body type. With this has brought a lot of negative criticism about my body and assumptions being made.”
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