Top Leg Toning Exercises You Can Do Anywhere

What’s not to love about strong toned legs? They help to support your body better and prevent injuries. You don’t need heavy weights and other expensive gym equipment to achieve strong, toned leg muscles. All you need is the motivation!

Here’s 10 exercises for beautifully toned legs:

Step Ups

How to perform:

• Stand with a bench/plyometric block in front of you.
• Place your right foot on top and press down through your heel bringing your left foot up until the knee forms a 90 degree angle.
• Hold this position for a moment and then return to the starting position.

Squats

How to perform:

• Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and feet slightly turned out, back straight.
• Bend at the knees ensuring your thighs are parallel to the floor and your knees don’t go too far forward.
• Pause for a moment and push back up.

Lunges

How to perform:

• Stand with a dumbbell in each hand.
• Take a big step forward with your either leg and lowering your body to the ground until your front leg is at a 90 degree angle and back knee slightly off the floor.
• Push yourself up by pressing your front heel into the floor, bringing yourself back to the starting position.

Side Lunges

How to perform:

• Stand with your feet hip-width apart.
• Keeping your left leg straight, take a big step out to the right and lower your right knee into a 90 degree angle, pushing your butt backwards.
• Pause for a second at the bottom then return to the starting position.

Calf Raises

How to perform:

• Stand with your feet hip-width apart and the front of your feet elevated slightly. (You can use a barbell weight)
• Push down through the balls of your feet raising yourself up.
• Pause for a moment at the top then lower back down.

Single Leg RDL

How to perform:

• Stand with your feet hip-width apart.
• Hold a dumbbell in the side you’re working on with your palm facing you.
• Keeping your back straight, lean forwards shifting your weight solely onto your chosen leg with the other extended out behind you.
• Lift your extended leg until your torso is parallel to the floor with the weight hanging down towards your toes.
• Return to the starting position and repeat.

Plank with Leg Lifts

How to perform:

• Drop down into a plank position, making sure your body is straight, core engaged, and forearms on the floor.
• Raise your right leg up behind you, pausing for a moment at the top.
• Lower your leg back down returning to the starting position and perform on the other side.

Bridge

How to perform:

• Lie face up on the ground with knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
• With your arms by your sides engage your core and glutes and raising your hips off the floor until your hips align with your knees and shoulders.
• Pause for a couple of seconds before returning to the starting position.

Good Mornings

• Stand with feet shoulder-width apart with your knees bent slightly holding a barbell across the top of your shoulders.
• Lean forward keeping your legs slightly bent, lowering your torso until it is parallel to the floor.
• Hold this position for a few seconds and return to the start position.

Jumping Jacks

How to perform:

• Stand with your legs together, arms by your sides, and chin up.
• Jump in the air and land with your legs spread to the side beyond shoulder-width apart while simultaneously raising your arms above your head.
• Jump back as soon as you land and return to the starting position.