At-Home Leg Exercises
Bodyweight Squats

- Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart and slightly turned out with your weight in your heels.
- Hinge forward at your hips and sit your butt back into a squat. Bend your knees until your thighs are parallel to the ground.
- Drive through your heels to stand back up straight. Squeeze your butt and keep your core tight as you stand.
Reverse Lunges With Knee Lifts

- Start standing with your feet about shoulder-width apart.
- Step backwards with your left foot, landing on the ball of your foot and bending both knees to create two 90-degree angles.
- Push through your right heel to return to standing. As you stand up, thrust your left knee toward your chest.
- Repeat on the other side.
PliƩ Squat Calf Raises

- Stand with feet wider than shoulder-width apart, toes turned out, and hands on hips or in front of your chest.
- Squat until your thighs are parallel to floor.
- While staying in a squat, lift both heels off the ground and hold for two seconds.
- Lower heels back down.
Squat Jumps
- Stand with your feet slightly wider than hip-width apart.
- Hinge forward at your hips and sit your butt back into a squat. Bend your knees until your thighs are parallel to the ground.
- Jump
up into the air as high as you can and straighten out your legs. Swing
your arms down by your sides for momentum, and keep your back straight
and chest lifted.
- Land back on the floor with soft knees. Go directly into another squat.
High Knee Toe Taps
- Stand facing a bench or box (or a chair if that's all you have), hands on hips or by your sides.
- Tap your left foot on the bench, then swap legs and tap your right foot, quickly alternating sides.
- Keep your back straight and chest lifted the entire time.
Side Lunges
- Stand with your feet hip-width apart.
- Take
a big step out to your right. Bend your right knee and push your butt
back, keeping your left leg straight. Keep your chest lifted and core
tight.
- Repeat on the other side.
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