12 Exercises For Toned Legs
A toned lower body with strengthened legs and thighs can help, if you are an outdoor person.
Strong and toned legs will improve your balance, enhance your speed, and give you the confidence needed to keep moving all day. Doing leg strengthening exercises is a great way to build your endurance and stamina. There are many exercises you can practice at home. Also, you can choose activities that you can practice at gyms.
Here’re the 12 Best Exercises For Toned Lower Body And Legs
- Dumbbell Squats
Target: Lower back, glutes, hamstrings, and quads
How To:
• Stand with your back straight, feet shoulder-width apart, and a 10-pound dumbbell in each hand
• Open your chest, roll your shoulders, flex your arms and raise the dumbbells right over your shoulders
• Push buttocks back and come down on a sitting stance
• Keep your knees in line with your toes
• Hold the position for a short while before getting back to the original position
• Do 2 sets of 15 reps
- Goblet Squats
Target: Lower back, glutes, hamstrings, and quads
How To:
• Stand straight with your feet shoulder-width apart
• Grab a 12-pound kettlebell held with both hands
• Push your hips back and come down in the sitting position
• Keep your knees in line with your toes
• Maintain the pose for a short while and then get back to the original position
• Do 2 sets of 15 reps
- Curtsy Lunge
Target: Adductors, quads, glutes, and hamstrings
How To:
• Stand straight with your feet closed and hands resting on your waist
• Roll your shoulders back and engage your core to start
• Lift your left leg and place it diagonally at the back
• Become stable and move the left leg more towards the right leg
• Maintain the lunge/curtsy position for a while
• Come to the original position and repeat it with the right leg
• Do 2 sets of 10 reps
- Wide Stance Barbell Squat
Target: Hip flexors, quads, adductors, hamstrings, and glutes
How To:
• Stand straight with your feet more than shoulder-width apart and a barbell in your hands
• Open your chest and place the barbell gently on your shoulders
• Roll your shoulders back and engage your core to start
• Squat down in a slow movement and get back to the starting position
• Do 3 sets of 8 reps
- Leg Press
Target: Calves, Glutes, hip flexors, hamstrings, and quads
How To:
• Access a leg press machine you are comfortable with
• Set the weight in the machine according to your strength
• Sit on the machine and be comfortable to start
• Push the leg rest until your legs are fully extended
• Come back slowly to the original position for the nest rep
• Set the weight again, if you find it too light or bulky
• Do 2 sets of 15 reps
- Lying Leg Curls
Target: Glutes, hamstrings, quads, and calves… Find more