27 Lower Body Exercises

Sorry in advanced as I rushed to post this topic today, but I hope you'll find these lower body exercises useful to use in your workouts.

Developing leg strength and power are important in many sports, from kung fu kicks and jumps to nordic walking. However, even more important is endurance for our daily activities. As long as we are able to stand, we all have to carry ourselves on our legs (which doesn't mean only our leg muscles are helping to keep us up, but they play a major role).

27 Lower Body Exercises

1. Bodyweight Squats
2. Half Bodyweight Squats
3. Hindu Squats
4. Half Hindu Squats
5. Bent Squats
6. BootStrapper
7. Bounding Squats
8. Jump Squats
9. Jump & Tuck Squat
10. Lateral Squats
11. Squat Thrusts
12. Rear Leg Elevated Squat
13. Scorpian Thrusts
14. The Pistol (One Legged Squat)
15. Elevated One Legged Squats
16. Lunges
17. Reverse Lunge
18. Jumping Lunges
19. Knee Jumps (complements of FitDaily)
20. Knee Drops
21. Prison Shower Defence
22. Calf Raises
23. Sprinting
24. Rebounding
25. Depth Jumps
26. Hopping
27. Box Jumping

Isometrics

I purposefully haven't included isometrics, but will dedicate a post or a few to them soon. All the lower body exercises are cyclic and so can be done repetitiously.

References

5 Types of Squats to Master
Bodyweight & Hindu Squats
Bodyweight Squats: The Key To Massive Leg Size And Strength

As usual, feel free to leave a comment or contact me through urbantri@mail.com.

Thanks,

Gemma aka AnonymousJ

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