Leg Exercise No. 6: Single Leg Romanian Deadlift Into Single Squat
This last move will give the quads a serious burn and might induce some tipping over for the not-so-stable. If you tend to struggle with balance, feel free to use the back of a chair for stability.
Step 1: Stand with your feet and legs together. Extend your right leg straight back with your toes touching the floor for balance.
Step 2: With a slight bend in your left leg, slowly bend forward at the hips (pushing hips back as far as possible), and hold for three seconds. Your toes should still be lightly touching the floor.
Step 3: Push up through your heel to come back up to the start position.
Step 4: Repeat this ten times on each leg.
Step 5: From there, go straight into single leg squats. Start with your right leg back and go into a Romanian deadlift, and hold.
Step 6: Start to bend both your knees, and send your hips even farther back until your right knee is gently touching the floor. This should put you into a reverse lunge. Hold for three seconds, and then come back up to the starting position. Repeat ten times on each leg.
And there you have it. The six best leg exercises for getting toned legs (and a serious a burn). Pizza anyone?
Wish you had legs like Taylor Swift or Kendall Jenner? Or maybe just legs you'd feel confident showing off in shorts or dresses this summer? Yeah, us too. That's why we talked to Yumi Lee Mathews, fitness expert and co-owner of the Reebok Crossfit Lab in West Hollywood, to give us the leg workouts for women that actually work -- and work fast.
So what did we find? Well, after having a candid conversation with the Crossfit queen, we were sold on these leg exercises. Yes, you can get your legs looking toned, lean, and dare we say it -- sexy -- in time for bikini season (reminder: girl, you always have a bikini body).
"I love these leg workouts because they can be done anywhere with no equipment, and each of them works every muscle in the lower body, all the way from your butt down to your calves," Mathews says. "They also get your heart rate up for fitness conditioning, which helps burn fat."
Ready to get the sexy legs of your dreams? Here are the six leg workouts that'll give you immediate results.
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