EXERCISE TUTORIALS: LOWER BODY

EXERCISE TUTORIALS: LOWER BODY

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EXERCISE TUTORIALS: LOWER BODY
  • Standard Squat

    Stand facing forward with your chest up. Place your feet shoulder-width apart or slightly wider. Extend your hands straight out in front of you to help keep your balance. Bend at your knees and hips, sticking your butt out like you're sitting into an imaginary chair. Keep your chest lifted and yo...

  • Sumo Squat

    The Sumo Squat is a lower-body strength exercise that’s a variation of a standard squat. The key difference in this squat is that you take a wider stance and position your feet turned out.

  • Close Stance Squat

    Stand with your feet at around shoulder-width apart or even narrower. The feet should generally point forward in line with knees. Narrow stance squats target primarily the quadriceps, glutes, and adductors.

  • Jump Squat

    Start by doing a regular squat, engage your core, and jump up explosively. When you land, lower your body back into the squat position to complete one rep.

  • Forward Lunge

    Stand tall with feet hip-width apart. Engage your core. Take a big step forward with right leg. Lower your body until right thigh is parallel to the floor and right shin is vertical. Press into right heel to drive back up to starting position.

  • Reverse Lunge

    Stand upright, with your hands at your hips. Take a large step backward with your left foot. Lower your hips so that your right thigh (front leg) becomes parallel to the floor with your right knee positioned directly over your ankle.

  • Lateral Lunge

    Start standing tall, feet hip-width distance apart. Take a wide step out to the left. Bend your left knee as you push your hips back. Push off with your left leg to return to standing.

  • Split Lunge

    Make sure your front knee is directly above your ankle, and your other knee gently lowers softly to the floor. Activate your inner thighs by squeezing your legs toward each other, and keep the weight in your front heel as you push back up to standing, keeping your right foot in place so you can l...

  • Jumping Lunge

    Starting standing with feet shoulder-width apart. Jump your left leg forward and your right leg back into a lunge, with both knees at 90 degrees. Jump up and switch your legs in midair so that you land in a lunge with your right leg in front.

  • Curtsy Lunge

    Stand with your feet hip-distance apart and let your arms fall at your sides. Draw a semicircle with your right foot, moving it clockwise until it crosses behind your left foot. Lunge down as deeply as possible, hovering your knee a couple of inches off the floor.

  • Calf Raises

    Stand up straight, then push through the balls of your feet and raise your heel until you are standing on your toes.

  • Toe Taps

    Stand in front of a stable platform. Place one foot on the top of the platform. The ball of your foot will be touching the platform. Your other foot will remain planted on the ground and arms at your sides. Push off from the planted foot to bring it up and onto the platform while simultaneously b...

  • Skaters

    Start in a small squat. Jump sideways to the left, landing on your left leg. Bring your right leg behind to your left ankle, and don't let it touch the floor.

  • Wall Sits

    Make sure your back is flat against the wall. Place your feet firmly on the ground, shoulder-width apart, and then about 2 feet out from the wall. Slide your back down the wall while keeping your core engaged and bending your legs until
    they’re in a 90-degree angle.