Leg Exercise Videos

Resistance leg exercises are essential for most people's training programs, regardless of fitness goals. Since the lower body including the glutes, hamstrings, quadriceps, calves, inner and outer thighs account for around 50% of the average person's muscle mass, leg exercises are the most effective resistance training exercises for increasing the metabolism.

Overall calorie consumption is always going to determine whether you lose or gain weight, so performing what you see in these leg exercise videos will give you the most "bang for your buck." Cardio exercise is always going to burn more calories than weight training for the duration of exercise but resistance training leg exercises are a potent stimulator of the metabolism, not to mention they will help you get great looking legs.

Sure there are butt exercises which put more emphasis on the glutes, but for the most part, all the leg exercise videos you will see below do a pretty good job at hitting the majority of the lower body muscle mass. Most of the people you see using the weights machines popular in the gym such as the adduction/abduction machine for the inner/outer thigh, and hamstrings curls, are doing them because they are trying to spot reduce fat.

Spot reduction is actually one of the most common fitness myths. Doing exercises which recruit as much of your lower body's muscles as possible are almost always going to be the preferred exercises. Exceptions are those who are really trying to build and bulk a specific muscle and those who need to strengthen specific muscles due to muscle imbalances or injuries.

Bodyweight & Dumbbell Exercises for the Legs
Body Weight Squats	Dumbbell Step Ups	Elevated Split Squats
Stationary Lunge Split Squats	Bulgarian Split Squats	Walking Lunges
Stationary Lunge Jumps	4x lunges	Push Back Lunges
Inner Outer Thigh Lunges (10, 2 O'clock)	One Leg Squats	One Leg Support Squats
Squat Jumps

Stability Ball Leg Exercises
Stability Ball Squats	Stability Ball Twisting Lunges	Stability Ball Squat Med Ball Front Raise

Exercises for the Legs, Hips & Buns with the BOSU Balance Trainer
Flat Side BOSU Squats	BOSU Squats	BOSU Lateral Squats
BOSU Twisting Lunges	BOSU Squat Row	Dual BOSU Squat Row
BOSU 180 Jumping Squats	Double BOSU Lunges	Dual BOSU 180 Jump Squats
BOSU Lateral Squat Jumps

Bodyweight & Dumbbell Exercises for the Legs
Medicine Ball Twisting Lunges	Medicine Ball Step-up w/ Twist	Stability Ball Squat Med Ball Front Raise
Split Squat Medicine Ball Extension

Barbell Leg Exercise Videos
Barbell Hack Squat	Barbell Dead Lift	Squats (Barbell Back Squat)
Sumo Dead Lifts	Romanian Dead Lifts	Barbell Front Squat

Combination Legs, Butt & Hips Exercises with various pieces of Equipment
Elevated Split Squat w/ Front Raise	Stability Ball Squat Dumbbell Front Raise	Lunge w/ Lateral Raise
Dumbbell Squat w/ Shoulder Press	Stability Ball Squat w/ Lateral Front Raise	Walking Lunge w/ Front Raise
Step-up w/ Shoulder Press	Lateral Step-up w/ Biceps Curls	Lateral Step-up Shoulder Press
Elevated Split Squat w/ Lateral Raise	Tube Squat and Row	Stability Ball Squat Biceps Curls
Walking Lunge Biceps Curls	Walking Lunges Shoulder Press	Walking Lunges Curls Shoulder Press
Lunge Tube Reverse Wood Chops	Cable Squat Shoulder Press	Dual BOSU Squat Shoulder Press

Total Gym Exercises for the Legs, Hips & Butt
Total Gym Squat Jumps	Total Gym Hip Extension	Total Gym Hip Abduction
Total Gym Hamstring Curls	Total Gym Hamstring Curl Crunches	otal Gym Single Leg Squat

TRX & Machine Exercises for the Legs
Leg Extensions	TRX Suspension Trainer Hamstring Curls