Top 3 Exercises to Sort Out Chicken Legs Before SPRING BREAK™ Experience FIJI

Guys, we feel your pain, there is a very fine line between having chicken legs, perfect legs and then overdoing it and ending up with hulk-like legs.
Whether you’re looking to add some mass your calves or tone up those pins we have a leg workout that will suit all of you. No one wants to have chicken littles while rocking out in a toga during SPRING BREAK™ Experience FIJI! Time to get Spartan ready!

1) Standing Calf Raises

This one is super easy and can be easily added into your normal workout routine. Depending on how good your balance is you can add weight as you go. In order to gain the most amount of mass you need to be adding more and more weight. Gains gains gains!

You can test yourself and see what how many you can do before you start to feel the strain. Aim for a set of 12. If this comes easily right away then you can add weights. Either a barbell across your shoulders or dumbbells held by your side. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and feet square. Slowly raise yourself upwards, moving your weight onto the balls of the feel. Be sure to engage your core, especially when you increase the weight. At the peak, hold for a moment and slowly lower back down to standing. Repeat until all reps are done.

2) Jump Squats

Jump squats are a great whole body workout and helps increase speed and power. Squat jumps are gonna help you get your legs springy and ready for SPRING BREAK™ Experience FIJI! Get you that peachy bum too!

This explosive style of exercise helps your body to build muscle quickly…that’s what we all want! Increased muscle mass means a great metabolism rate which in turn means you burn calories better throughout the rest of your workouts. YAAAAAS!

Squat jumps are easy as and you don’t need to be in a gym to do them. Lower into a squat position, make sure you’re steady. Move onto the balls of your feet ever so slightly, once you’re at the lowest point you can manage, snap jump upwards. Use your arms to propel yourself further. When you land, immediately sink into another squat, hold and rise to standing. Adding weight to squat jumps is easy; either a dumbbell in each hand or a loaded barbell across the shoulders. We prefer the barbell option as it helps keep your shoulders braced and strong.

3) Box Jumps

First thing is first with box jump is to find a sturdy enough surface to jump onto…we know from Experience that a park bench ain’t gonna hack it! Again, springy box jumps help eliminate those spring-chicken legs ready for SPRING BREAK™ Experience FIJI! Spring, spring, spring! Said it so much it sounds weird now…SPRING!

Stand on the balls of your feet about a foot away from the box, rock, or bench. Lower down, but don’t squat, and jump up onto the box. Rise all the way to standing, take a breath and hop down ready for the next rep. You can add weight to box jumps but make sure you’re landing the jumps 100% of the time, without wobbling, before adding in dumbbells.