If you’re looking for good leg exercises at home, here are 15 different variations to try out!
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Getting in a good leg workout at home can be difficult.
Seeing as how you’re on your legs all day already, how are you supposed to know which exercises will actually work your leg muscles the right way?
Well here’s 15 different leg exercises at home for you to choose from for your next workout!
Best Leg Exercises At Home
Squat
- Keep your weight on your heels
- Keep your knees pressing outward
- Go down just past 90 degrees with knees
Sumo Squat
- Feet wider than shoulder width
- Toes slightly pointing outward
- Keep your weight on your heels
- Squat down as far as comfortable
Close Stance Squat
- Feet just inside shoulder width
- Drive your knees forward as you squat down
- Go down just to 90 degrees and back up
Jump Squat
- Assume a regular squat position
- Squat down to 90 degrees
- Explode up and land going straight back into your next squat
Pistol Squat
- Balance on one leg with your other leg out straight in front of you
- Squat down as far as you can without touching your other foot
- Drive your heel through the ground until you are standing again
Single Leg RDL’s
- Balance on one leg
- Lean forward keeping your leg nearly straight
- Drive your opposite leg backward
Forward Lunges
- Step forward with one leg
- Lunge down but don’t let your knee touch the ground
- Explode through your front leg to stand back up on your back leg
Reverse Lunges
- Step backwards with one leg
- Lunge down but don’t let your back knee touch the ground
- Explode through your back leg to stand on your front leg
Jump Lunges
- Starting standing straight up
- Jump up and land with one foot in front of the other
- Lunge down and explode up and switch legs mid-air
Side Lunges
- Start by standing straight up
- Place one foot out to the side as far as you can
- Put your weight on that foot and lunge down
- Explode through outer leg and stand back up
Side Lunge Knee Raises
- Do the same thing as side lunges
- Then when exploding up through outer leg, drive your knee up
- Then go into your next lunge
Curtsy Lunges
- Start by standing straight up
- Take one foot back and behind the other foot
- Lunge down (feel it in your glutes)
- Drive through front leg and do the same to the opposite side
Glute Bridges
- Lay on your back with your knees bent
- Drive through your heels and lift your butt off the ground
- Lower your butt back down but don’t let it touch
Single leg Glute Bridges
- Lay on your back with your knees bent
- Stick one leg out straight
- Use other leg to drive through the ground and lift butt of the ground
- Lower your butt back down but don’t let it touch the ground
Glute Kickbacks
- Start on your hands and knees
- Take one leg and drive it backwards and up
- Squeeze with your glutes
- Return back but don’t let your knee touch the ground
Pick 4 or 5 of these exercises and combine them for a killer leg workout! Let us know what you think down below and don’t forget to share!