Try These 7 Workouts for Leg Day
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How does the saying go? Don’t skip leg day. But how do you do leg workouts at home? While your at-home gym most likely doesn’t have space for heavy gym equipment, it does have room for light equipment and bodyweight leg workouts. Think you can’t get a great leg day workout in without going heavy? Think again!
These 7 leg day workouts are guaranteed to get your legs burning, your heart rate up, no matter how much time you have!
45 Minutes
Abs & Lower Body Workout (Bodyweight Only!)
Exercises: single leg deadlift, donkey kicks, fire hydrants
Difficulty: Intermediate to Hard
This 45-minute lower body workout is divided into 3, 15-minute sections: a challenging leg workout (guaranteed to get those legs shakin’!), an entire glute-focused round, and an ab-burning finisher!
15 Minutes
Beginner-Friendly Back, Butt + Abs Workout (Equipment-Free!)
Exercises: bear plank lift, dead bugs, supermans
Difficulty: Beginner
With 1:00 exercises, this 15-minute workout flies by! Completely equipment-free, you can easily add dumbbells to make this a challenging posterior chain workout!
30 Minutes
Post-Run Leg Hip Strengthening Workout
Exercises: hip raises, runner’s lunge, side plank
Difficulty: Beginner
Struggling to get strength training into your weekly workout routine? This 30-minute workout is everything a runner needs! Focus on leg development, hip mobility, and core strength to make you a faster, stronger, more efficient runner. Not a running fan? This bodyweight workout is a great leg day choice for anyone!
30 Minutes
The Ultimate Abs, Butt + Thigh Workout
Exercises: sumo squats, wall sits, side oblique crunch
Difficulty: Hard
3 circuits, 3 chances to work that lower body! This workout features a challenging thigh circuit to work the oft-forgotten muscles of the inner thigh and gluteus, by incorporating isometric holds and high repetitions. Complete this leg burner with a little dose of ab work!
30 Minutes
30 Minutes To A Better Butt + Stronger Glutes
Exercises: low lunges, hamstring leg press, clamshells
Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate
Dedicate 30 minutes to your backside! Focus on getting the best booty ever with a series of exercises that target each individual muscle of the glute to help shape and strengthen your butt. Want to crank up the difficulty? Add in a mini band or set of dumbbells for the ultimate booty workout.
30 Minutes
No Equipment Necessary At Home Leg Workout
Exercises: thigh lifts, surrender squats, curtsy lunges
Difficulty: Intermediate to Hard
This workout is the complete lower body workout package. Spend 30 minutes working all of the muscles in your legs with a variety of lunges, squats and glute-focused exercises. This is one of our favorite leg workouts at home — all with no equipment necessary!
Compound Movement Bodyweight Leg Workout
Exercises: single leg stand ups, lunge to deadlift, glute bridge press
Difficulty: Intermediate to Hard
Get more done in less time! This workout focuses on using compound movements to work multiple muscles at one time to give you a killer burn, without the time commitment!