Lower Body Exercises

caucasian woman doing a sumo barbell deadlift as one of the best glute exercises in a gym with windows
The 32 Best Glute Exercises for Every Piece of Equipment
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woman on the floor of her bedroom doing a glute bridge with heels raised
These 2 Glute Bridge Variations Help Prevent Shin Splints
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trainer Pete McCall doing a dumbbell glute bridge with a mini band
Want to Age Well? Do This Hip Exercise Every Week
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African American male trainer training senior women with resistance band standing glute exercises
The 8 Best Standing Glute Exercises for Healthy Aging
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closeup of people doing the shrimp squat exercise
How to Do the Shrimp Squat for Advanced Strength, Balance and Mobility
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illustration of the leg extension exercise with a resistance band around the ankles
How to Do Leg Extensions to Build Strong, Sculpted Quads
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illustration of a woman doing a curtsy lunge on a blue background
The Lunge Variation Trainers Want You to Avoid
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Woman doing squats
Get More Burn From Your At-Home Glute Workouts With These 3 Supersets
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An athlete wearing a blue shirt, leggings and black hat is doing a step-up exercise at home while a tortoiseshell cat looks on during the 4-week legs challenge
The 4-Week Legs Challenge Builds Lower-Body Strength and Stamina
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Sporty woman doing box jumps in gym. Sportwoman jumping on wooden box on health gym club.
Can’t Do a Box Jump? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
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young caucasian man setting up a barbell for a landmine leg workout in the gym.
A 20-Minute Landmine Workout That Sculpts Your Butt and Legs
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Fit Woman Doing the Side Lunge Exercise
8 Side Lunge Mistakes That Make the Move Ineffective (and Potentially Painful)
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Couple exercising together at home.
This Small Change During Squats Will Help Protect Your Knees From Injury
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caucasian woman doing a barbell hip thrust exercise with a foam pad
5 Hip Thrust Mistakes Making Your Butt Workouts Less Effective
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young adult sporty woman doing a squat jump, a glute combination exercise on a concrete staircase outside
The Best 2-In-1 Glute Exercises to Build Your Butt and Burn Calories
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women doing bulgarian split squats on outdoor stairs
4 Mistakes Making Your Bulgarian Split Squats Way Less Effective — and Potentially Painful
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young caucasian woman doing a glute bridge with hamstring curl in her living room
This Advanced Glute Bridge Variation Sculpts Your Butt and Hamstrings
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woman performing a the banded clamshell exercise in bedroom with laptop
How to Do the Clamshell Exercise to Sculpt Strong, Well-Rounded Glutes
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Muscular man standing with one leg on bin.
Finally Tackle the Pistol Squat With These 5 Leg Exercises
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Smiling person with a ponytail doing a wall sit during her at-home workout with an iPad
How to Do a Wall Sit for Toned Legs
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Young adult woman practicing a deep yoga squat in garland position
The 5 Best Mobility Moves to Deepen Your Squat — Glute Gains Guaranteed
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Happy male athlete exercising lunges on the city street.
How Low Do You Really Need to Lunge?
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Woman doing a side lunge with a single dumbbell during a side butt workout at the gym
This 20-Minute Dumbbell Side Butt Workout Guarantees Well-Rounded Glutes
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Woman performing sumo squat with dumbbell.
The 6 Hardest Hamstring Exercises You Can Do With One Dumbbell
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young woman doing a glute bridge workout at home
This 20-Minute Glute-Bridge Workout Will Build Your Butt — and Entire Body
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fit woman doing a barbell hip thrust on a purple yoga mat and step
Hip Thrusts vs. Deadlifts: Which One Is Better for Stronger Glutes?
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man doing a bodyweight sumo squat exercise on a yoga mat
How to Do a Sumo Squat Perfectly Every Single Time
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Healthy young sportswoman doing the donkey kick exercise on all fours arching back straightening leg up outdoors. Concept sport, fitness, lifestyle
9 Donkey Kick Mistakes That Make Butt Workouts Less Effective
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Person doing a dumbbell lunge in their living room to strengthen their glutes
The Only 5 Dumbbell Exercises You Need for a Stronger Butt
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woman doing dumbbell squats on a purple yoga mat in her living room
Build Stronger Glutes With This 20-Minute Drop-Set Dumbbell Workout
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Young sporty man having sports training with dumbbells at home
The 5 Hardest Glute Exercises You Can Do at Home With a Single Dumbbell
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Friends wearing a mask while exercising together at home doing jump squats
Struggling With Jump Squats? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
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Woman doing iso squat holds with a resistance band on a pier
Challenge Your Lower-Body Endurance and Strength With This 20-Minute Isometric Glute Workout
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Athletic woman doing kettlebell overhead squats in her living room at home
This 20-Minute Kettlebell Ladder Workout Will Give Your Legs and Butt the Ultimate Burn
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Full length side view of women doing step-ups on picnic bench
Can't Do a Step-Up? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
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woman doing glute bridge exercise on a light blue rug in her living room
7 Glute Bridge Mistakes That Make Butt Workouts Less Effective
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Fitness Woman Doing Glute Kickbacks During a Butt Workout
Try the 10x10 Butt Workout to Sculpt Your Glutes in Minutes
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Woman performing rotating lunge with medicine ball.
This Modifiable Lunge Variation Works Your Butt, Abs and Balance at the Same Time
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Woman in pink tank top doing stretches for foot pain in bed
The 5 Best Stretches to Do When You Wake Up With Foot Pain
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Woman performing Bulgarian split squat at home.
Want More Burn From Your Bulgarian Split Squats? Try These 5 Variations
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Man squatting while holding hands behind head
The One Squat Variation Your Legs and Abs Have Been Missing
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Woman doing a glute workout with a towel
All You Need for This 20-Minute Fiery Glute Workout Is a Towel
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Adult performing split squat test on pink yoga mat in living room
A Quick Test to Tell if Your Glutes Are Uneven (and 3 Exercises to Fix an Imbalance)
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Woman doing a squat workout in park
This 20-Minute Squat Workout Will Take Everything Your Glutes Have Got
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Strong woman training with weights in gym
6 Hip Extension Exercises to Tighten and Lift Your Glutes
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Female athlete doing lunges with kettlebells
Squats vs. Lunges: Which One Is the Better Leg Exercise?
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A young woman doing a front squat in her back yard
The Only 5 Barbell Exercises You Need for a Stronger Butt
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Front view of a fit woman doing side lunges near the river.
4 Hip Abductor Exercises That Are a Waste of Time — and 6 to Do Instead
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older man doing a squat with the help of a personal trainer
The 5 Best Hip Exercises for Arthritis
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Woman performing overhead squat with barbell in her garage.
Struggling With Your Overhead Squat? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
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Man Exercising With Kettlebells, cross training Concept
The Only 4 Kettlebell Exercises You Need for Toned Legs
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Woman doing a single-leg squat at home
5 of the Hardest Glute Exercises You Can Do at Home
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Young female athlete doing muscle trainings with dumbbells at public park
Try This 20-Minute Dumbbell Workout for Rock-Solid Glutes
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Woman doing a glute workout at the gym using a cable machine
4 Glute Exercises That Are a Waste of Time — and What to Do Instead
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Man doing leg exercises with suspension straps at gym.
The Only 4 TRX Exercises You Need for a Stronger Lower Body
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Adult Woman Training Body By Raising Legs Using Chair
All You Need Is a Chair for This 20-Minute Lower-Body Workout
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Man exercising with kettlebell outdoors. Athlete doing squats using kettlebells.
The Only 5 Kettlebell Exercises You Need for a Stronger Butt
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Athletic woman doing squats for a rounder butt
A 7-Day Kickstart Plan for a Stronger, Rounder Butt
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Person doing a single--leg glute bridge against an orange wall
Can't Do a Bulgarian Split Squat? Here Are 7 Alternative Moves That Are Just as Effective
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Pistol squat, man doing body-weight workouts outdoors
The 3 Hardest Body-Weight Squat Variations
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Middle-aged man exercising wall sit for legs
Want More Burn From Your Wall Sits? Try These 5 Variations
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man doing toes elevated good morning exercise
4 Underrated Glute Exercises You’re Not Doing but Totally Should Be
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Young man squatting outdoors
Want to Improve Your Squats? Try This 10-Minute Ankle Mobility Routine
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Sportswoman is squating in the park
Hip Pain During Squats? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
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Woman demonstrating proper lunge form in the gym
Avoid These 6 Lunge Mistakes for a Better (and Safer) Lower-Body Workout
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Man squatting with proper form.
6 Squat Mistakes That Are Slowing Your Strength Gains
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What Really Happens to Your Body When You Squat Every Day
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Man doing a forward lunge with dumbbells for the 30-day dumbbell challenge
The Only 4 Legs and Butt Moves You Need for the 30-Day Dumbbell Challenge
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Man performing lateral lunge.
The Only 5 Exercises You Need for Toned Thighs
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woman doing glute bridge variation with heels elevated at home
Want More Burn From Your Glute Bridges? Try These 7 Variations
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woman doing Donkey Kick exercise for body-weight butt workout
You Can Do This 20-Minute Body-Weight Butt Workout Anywhere
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woman doing barbell squat for best lower-body workout
The Best Workouts to Hit Every Muscle in Your Lower Body
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