Lower Body Exercises

By Amy Marturana Winderl
Expert Reviewed
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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By Rachel Grice
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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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By Amy Marturana Winderl
Expert Reviewed
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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By Amy Marturana Winderl
Expert Reviewed
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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By Bojana Galic
Expert Reviewed
closeup of people doing the shrimp squat exercise
How to Do the Shrimp Squat for Advanced Strength, Balance and Mobility
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By Bojana Galic
Fact Checked
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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By Jaime Osnato
Expert Reviewed
illustration of a woman doing a curtsy lunge on a blue background
The Lunge Variation Trainers Want You to Avoid
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By Bojana Galic
Woman doing squats
Get More Burn From Your At-Home Glute Workouts With These 3 Supersets
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By Rachel Grice
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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By Aubrey Bailey
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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By D'Annette Stephens
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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By Jaime Osnato
Expert Reviewed
Fit Woman Doing the Side Lunge Exercise
8 Side Lunge Mistakes That Make the Move Ineffective (and Potentially Painful)
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By Kim Grundy, PT
Couple exercising together at home.
This Small Change During Squats Will Help Protect Your Knees From Injury
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By Bojana Galic
Expert Reviewed
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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By Richard Adefioye
Expert Reviewed
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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By Bojana Galic
Expert Reviewed
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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By Rachel Grice
Expert Reviewed
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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By Bojana Galic
Expert Reviewed
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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By Bojana Galic
Muscular man standing with one leg on bin.
Finally Tackle the Pistol Squat With These 5 Leg Exercises
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By Lauren Bedosky
Expert Reviewed
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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By Bojana Galic
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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By Kim Grundy, PT
Happy male athlete exercising lunges on the city street.
How Low Do You Really Need to Lunge?
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By Bojana Galic
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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By Bojana Galic
Woman performing sumo squat with dumbbell.
The 6 Hardest Hamstring Exercises You Can Do With One Dumbbell
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By Bojana Galic
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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By Tiffany Ayuda
Expert Reviewed
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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By Jaime Osnato
Expert Reviewed
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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By Jaime Osnato
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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By Jaime Osnato
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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By Bojana Galic
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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By Jaime Osnato
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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By Lauren Bedosky
Expert Reviewed
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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By Bojana Galic
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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By D'Annette Stephens
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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By Kim Grundy, PT
Expert Reviewed
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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By Jaime Osnato
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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By Sara Lindberg
Fitness Woman Doing Glute Kickbacks During a Butt Workout
Try the 10x10 Butt Workout to Sculpt Your Glutes in Minutes
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By Bojana Galic
Fact Checked
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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By Jaime Osnato
Expert Reviewed
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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By Bojana Galic
Woman performing Bulgarian split squat at home.
Want More Burn From Your Bulgarian Split Squats? Try These 5 Variations
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By Bojana Galic
Fact Checked
Man squatting while holding hands behind head
The One Squat Variation Your Legs and Abs Have Been Missing
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By Bojana Galic
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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By Rachel Grice
Expert Reviewed
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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By Bojana Galic
Woman doing a squat workout in park
This 20-Minute Squat Workout Will Take Everything Your Glutes Have Got
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By Bojana Galic
Strong woman training with weights in gym
6 Hip Extension Exercises to Tighten and Lift Your Glutes
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By Bojana Galic
Female athlete doing lunges with kettlebells
Squats vs. Lunges: Which One Is the Better Leg Exercise?
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By Gabrielle Kassel
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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By Jaime Osnato
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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By Kim Grundy, PT
Expert Reviewed
older man doing a squat with the help of a personal trainer
The 5 Best Hip Exercises for Arthritis
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By Bojana Galic
Expert Reviewed
Woman performing overhead squat with barbell in her garage.
Struggling With Your Overhead Squat? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Man Exercising With Kettlebells, cross training Concept
The Only 4 Kettlebell Exercises You Need for Toned Legs
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By Bojana Galic
Woman doing a single-leg squat at home
5 of the Hardest Glute Exercises You Can Do at Home
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By SJ McShane
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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By Elizabeth Millard
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
Fitness
By Isadora Baum
Man doing leg exercises with suspension straps at gym.
The Only 4 TRX Exercises You Need for a Stronger Lower Body
Fitness
By SJ McShane
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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By Jaime Osnato
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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By Elizabeth Millard
Expert Reviewed
Athletic woman doing squats for a rounder butt
A 7-Day Kickstart Plan for a Stronger, Rounder Butt
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By Amanda Capritto, CPT, CNC, CF-L1 and Danielle Zickl and Katie McKinney
Expert Reviewed
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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By Rachel Grice
Pistol squat, man doing body-weight workouts outdoors
The 3 Hardest Body-Weight Squat Variations
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Middle-aged man exercising wall sit for legs
Want More Burn From Your Wall Sits? Try These 5 Variations
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By Bojana Galic
man doing toes elevated good morning exercise
4 Underrated Glute Exercises You’re Not Doing but Totally Should Be
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By Jaime Osnato
Fact Checked
Young man squatting outdoors
Want to Improve Your Squats? Try This 10-Minute Ankle Mobility Routine
Fitness
By Philip Ghezelbash
Expert Reviewed
Sportswoman is squating in the park
Hip Pain During Squats? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Amanda Capritto
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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By Bojana Galic
Fact Checked
Man squatting with proper form.
6 Squat Mistakes That Are Slowing Your Strength Gains
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By Rozalynn S. Frazier, CPT
Expert Reviewed
photo of person doing squat exercise on blue background
What Really Happens to Your Body When You Squat Every Day
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By Rachel Grice
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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By Bojana Galic
Man performing lateral lunge.
The Only 5 Exercises You Need for Toned Thighs
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By Bojana Galic
woman doing glute bridge variation with heels elevated at home
Want More Burn From Your Glute Bridges? Try These 7 Variations
Fitness
By Rachel Grice
woman doing Donkey Kick exercise for body-weight butt workout
You Can Do This 20-Minute Body-Weight Butt Workout Anywhere
Fitness
By Sarah Klein
Expert Reviewed
woman doing barbell squat for best lower-body workout
The Best Workouts to Hit Every Muscle in Your Lower Body
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