Lower Body Exercises

fit person wearing a matching workout set in sage green and wearing a bun does a squat during a lower-body body-weight workout
You Don't Need Any Equipment for This 15-Minute Lower-Body Workout
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Person wearing black sports bra and leggings doing a resistance band squat in living room.
A 15-Minute Lower-Body Resistance Band Workout
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Fit personal trailer does single-leg glute bridges as part of the LIVESTRONG.com 5 Minutes of Movement Challenge
The Only 5-Minute Lower-Body Workout You Need on Busy Days
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Adult performing calf raises with light blue leggings on blue yoga mat.
5 Exercises to Help You Manage the Symptoms of Peripheral Arterial Disease
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Person wearing a matching pink workout outfit with curly hair does the single-leg glute bridge with a resistance band in the gym
Get Serious Glute Gains With the Single-Leg Glute Bridge
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Older fit person with gray hair does the glute bridge exercise as part of LIVESTRONG.com's 4-week glutes challenge
Sculpt and Strengthen Your Butt in 4 Weeks With This Glute Workout Challenge
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Fit person with hair in a bun does the bulgarian split squat as part of the 4-week glutes challenge
The Only 5 Moves You Need to Strengthen Your Glutes From Every Angle
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fit person with shaved head does the mountain climber to strengthen hip flexors in a studio
Strengthen Your Hip Flexors With These 5 Moves
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Adult performing monster walk in living room on blue yoga mat
The Monster Walk Exercise Targets Your Entire Lower Body With Just a Mini Band
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Young person with dreads doing a wall sit exercise as a leg press alternative
Build Strong Quads at Home With These 10 Leg Press Alternatives
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Fit person with a ponytail wearing a black sports bra and shorts doing goblet squat exercise in a gym
How to Do the Goblet Squat for Strong Legs and Glutes
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A person in an olive green tank top and leggings performing a barbell back squat in the gym
High-Bar vs. Low-Bar Squat: Which Is Best for Building Lower-Body Muscle?
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Person working out glutes in the gym
Feel the Burn With These 6 Glute Cable Exercises
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Person wearing a sports bra and leggings performing a barbell back squat in the gym
Front Squat vs. Back Squat: Which Exercise Is Best for Building Lower-Body Strength?
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Asian woman attempting to do a deadlift by starting with knees bent, hips hinged back and both hands on a barbell with 5-kg weight plates on either end; lifting weights in a gym with weight plates beside her and window behind her
Can't Do a Deadlift? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
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Young athlete in light orange leggings and top performing a single-leg glute bridge indoors
The Only 6 Upper-Glute Exercises You Need for a Sculpted Backside
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man with dark red shirt and black pants using a red resistance band under his feet, held in his hands and across his chest, doing a front squat for a leg and shoulder workout
Try This Legs and Shoulders Resistance Band Workout for an Even More Effective Leg Day
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person doing a kettlebell goblet squat at the gym
Squat vs. Hip Hinge: Which Is Better for Training Your Glutes?
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person doing barbell Romanian deadlift at the gym
How to Do a Romanian Deadlift for Stronger Glutes and Hamstrings
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Sporty young woman doing side lunge exercise with weight at gym.
A 20-Minute Workout to Target Both Your Inner and Outer Thighs
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Person doing exercises to prepare for skiing or ice skating
Before You Ski or Ice Skate, Do This 10-Minute Mobility Workout
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person doing a single-leg deadlift with a kettlebell
Can’t Balance on One Leg? These 5 Exercises Will Help You Get There
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Two people performing body-weight lunges in their living room to demonstrate a lower-body workout with no equipment.
This 20-Minute Lower-Body Workout Builds Muscle With No Equipment
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Two people performing squats with resistance bands outside to demonstrate a lower-body workout for people with back pain
A Quick 10-Minute Lower-Body Workout for People With Back Pain
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Person performing a single-leg Romanian deadlift in living room
How to Do the Single-Leg Romanian Deadlift to Strengthen Every Muscle in Your Body
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older couple working out on an elliptical machine and lifting dumbbells at home
The Only 20-Minute Elliptical Workout You Need to Build Stronger Glutes Over 50
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Person doing glute bridge as example of exercise to prevent IT band pain in living room on gray rug beside black leather couch.
The 3 Best Exercises to Help Prevent IT Band Pain
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Holly Perkins performing the Kas glute bridge with barbell outodoors.
How to Do the Kas Glute Bridge for Next-Level Glute Strength
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Person performing the shin box get-up exercise for lower-body strength and mobility.
Stretch and Strengthen Your Lower Body With the Shin Box Get-Up
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Woman doing toe separation exercise during foot mobility sequence
Want to Age Well? Improve Your Balance With This 5-Minute Foot-Mobility Sequence
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older woman doing the Pilates scooter lunge exercise on a pink yoga mat in her living room
Want to Age Well? This Pilates Body-Weight Move Builds Balance and Glute Strength
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Person climbing the stairs of a subway station to demonstrate the benefits of stair climbing.
Want to Age Well? This Everyday Activity Improves Balance and Prevents Falls
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Person practicing tree pose on yoga mat where they are better at balancing on their non-dominant leg.
Better at Balancing on Your Non-Dominant Leg? Here's Why
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illustration of model doing a staggered-stance dumbbell deadlift on a blue background
How to Do the Staggered-Stance Deadlift for Strong Glutes and Hamstrings
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Person in gym in workout clothes performing a knee drive to strengthen the psoas muscles.
Want to Age Well? Do Knee Drives Every Day to Relieve Your Tight Back and Hips
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Man doing a 5-minute kettlebell workout for glutes, exercising at home
This 5-Minute Kettlebell Flow Is All You Need to Build Stronger Glutes
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Illustration of a person doing toe raises on a dark pink background.
Want to Age Well? Make Toe Raises Part of Your Daily Routine
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Person in workout clothes on a gym mat doing a lunge with dumbbells to demonstrate a single-leg exercise.
Why One Leg Is Stronger Than the Other and What to Do About It
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Person outdoors in workout clothes at the top of a squat demonstrating the start of a kang squat
The Kang Squat Is the Secret to a Stronger Butt and Healthier Back
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Person doing a banded lunge during a resistance band challenge
The Ultimate Resistance Band Workout for Leg Day
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person in pink sportswear doing side lunges in living room to demonstrate a 20-minute pelvic floor and glutes workout.
A 20-Minute Pelvic Floor Workout That Will Also Strengthen Your Glutes
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Adult doing resistance band lateral walk at home on blue yoga mat.
The Only Resistance Band Butt Workout You Need for Stronger Glutes
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Two people doing forward lunges outside in a city park.
Can’t Do a Lunge? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
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person with obesity exercising in dojo to prevent and delay joint pain
How Certain Exercises Can Ease Joint Pain for People With Obesity and 4 Strength-Training Tips to Try
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Woman does Smith machine squats at the gym or fitness club.
Smith Machine Squats Aren't as Bad as Some Say — Here's Why Beginners and Bodybuilders Alike Should Give Them a Try
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Woman doing glute bridge hip thrust exercise at home.
This 20-Minute Hip-Thrust Workout Will Lift Your Glutes and Strengthen Your Core
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Woman doing a glute bridge with a personal trainer at health club
Can’t Do a Glute Bridge? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
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illustration of woman demonstrating a half squat on a coral background
How to Do a Half Squat for Stronger Glutes and a More Powerful Vertical Jump
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Illustration of a person doing a squat with proper form versus someone doing a butt wink squat.
Are You Doing a Butt Wink When You Squat? Here's How to Fix It
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illustration of a man demonstrating the reverse clamshell exercise against a green background
How to Do the Reverse Clamshell for Well-Rounded Glute Strength
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Person doing a sumo squat, the starting position of a platypus walk, on beach
How to Do the Platypus Walk to Strengthen Your Glutes and Stretch Your Hips
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Sportswoman exercising Bulgarian split squat
Improve Strength, Mobility and Balance With Bulgarian Split Squats
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young, fit adult performing a barbell deadlift exercise
How to Do a Deadlift, Arguably the Single Best Exercise of All Time
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After workout heathy lady training by the coast
Pulse Squats Make Squats Harder Without Any Equipment
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back view of woman doing back squats in a gym
How to Do Barbell Squats for Strong Legs and Glutes
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three people doing different dumbbell squat variations in a gym
How to Do Dumbbell Squats for Strong, Sculpted Legs and Glutes
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illustration of a person doing the fire hydrant exercise for their glutes and core
How to Do the Fire Hydrant Exercise to Tone Your Glutes and Core
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fit couple doing a squat with TRX straps at home
5 Exercises to Help You Improve Your Squat
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caucasian man in red shirt doing a trap bar deadlift in a gym
How to Do the Trap Bar Deadlift for Stronger Glutes, Hamstrings and Quads
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woman doing lateral squat against a blue brick background
How to Do Lateral Squats for Stronger Inner Thighs and Glutes
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silhouette of a woman doing a pike jump exercise against a while background
How to Nail the Perfect Pike Jump
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mature woman learning how to do a step-up without mistakes in the gym
The 4 Worst Step-Up Mistakes, and How to Fix Them for Sculpted Thighs and Glutes
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Young strong fit muscular sweaty man with big muscles strength cross workout training with dumbbells weights in the gym dark image with shadows real people
2-in-1 Leg Exercises for a Quick, Efficient Lower-Body Workout
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barbell sumo deadlift form front view
The Sumo Deadlift Builds Hamstring, Glute and Core Strength While Keeping Your Back Happy
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woman doing a single-dumbbell lunge in her living room
A 20-Minute Workout to Sculpt Your Butt and Strengthen Your Legs With a Single Dumbbell
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illustration of a person showing the form difference between a glute bridge and hip thrust
Glute Bridge vs. Hip Thrust: Which Is Better for Building Your Backside?
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Fit amputee wearing a red shirt does a barbell squat variation at the gym
The 30 Best Squat Variations for Every Exerciser and Piece of Equipment
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a man and woman doing box jump exercises outside at sunset
How to Do a Box Jump Safely and Effectively
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trainer Jason Park demos how to do hip thrusts with a barbell
How to Do Hip Thrusts With Perfect Form
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Fit black couple doing air squats, a beginner glute exercise, together in their living room
The 6 Best Glute Exercises for Beginners, According to a Trainer
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Asian woman doing a barbell hip thrust at the gym
Hip Thrusts Are the Best Exercise to Build Your Glutes, According to Trainers
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close-up of the legs of a woman doing the lateral band as a glute medius exercise
How to Do the Lateral Band Walk for Stronger Side Glutes
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