My lazy form of leg PT is to hold a modified warrior pose.
In the hold I don’t do the upper body by the book, instead varying the position of my arms, sometimes in active use, sometimes just down at my side.
Many write off yoga stuff as useless, which is wrong.
A lot of yoga stuff can be used well. Where warrior pose shines most greatly is in use amongst the hefty, amongst the obese.
No matter how pound for pound weak someone is, they can stand briefly in warrior pose.
By the time they’re at 1:30+ each leg forward, and consciously feeling the muscles work, they are good to go for harder leg training.
(Yes, you can put the work in different muscles.)
The issue with many trainers having fat clients do wall sits is that they’re never pushing the leg static long enough, and they’re allowing less load on the legs by allowing hands to press against thighs.
Leg static hold exercises have an incredible effect overall…but you can’t do them for mamby pamby short lengths.
You’ve gotta do the holds long enough that the legs shake.
The obese video game player could easily do a warrior pose hold with controller in hand. This is how I was picturing this being done at first.
Not only is it a solid first step, but it’s enough for building strong legs, and a manner in which to lose weight.
I highly recommend training leg static holds regardless of who you are.
They and walks are my #1 and #2 staples for rebuilding the obese from the ground up. And these will work for everyone.
-J