Why You Shouldn't Skip Leg exercises

To take inches off your waist, work the muscles below your belt! In a new Syracuse University study, people burned more calories the day after they did lower-body resistance training than the day after they did upper-body. "Leg muscles like your quads and glutes generally have more mass than the muscles in our chest and arms", says study author Kyle Hackney, Ph.D.(c). "Work more muscle, and your body uses more energy to repair and upgrade it later." The best approach? Hit every muscle each workout!

Men's Health Magazine: September 2009