Lower body workout
3 Seasons
Leg day? Here are some great workouts to build strength in your quads, hamstrings and calves, as well as your glutes.
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5-Minute Beginner Lower Body and Cardio with Stephen
Episode 1
Work your legs with this quick and easy cardio blast gym workout, perfect if you only have a few minutes to spare.
You’ll kick off with jogging on the spot before upping the ante to sprinting on the sport. Then work your way through five different leg-strengthening cardio exercises such as squat...
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30:22Episode 2
Core Pilates with Jay
Episode 2
Join Jay for a 30-minute Nuffield Health Pilates workout focusing on your mid-section. After a warm up featuring standing pec decks, squats and balancing, you’ll move onto the main class, which is split into three blocks.
In block one you’ll be on your front for a combination of leg lifts, kicks...
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Progressive Strength Training with Lizi #2
Episode 3
Join Lizi for this 30-minute lower body workout. If you’re new to weight training, don’t worry – Lizi will guide you on which weights to use and give you tips on form and technique throughout.
First, warm up the quads, hamstrings and glutes before stepping into the main workout. For each exerci...
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28:57Episode 4
Circuit Pilates with Jay
Episode 4
Join Jay for a 30-minute circuit-style Pilates class to strengthen your abs and glutes. All you need for this workout is a mat, a bottle of water and plenty of space around you. Warm up with some mobility, strength, and balancing exercises. Then challenge your core strength and glutes with four r...
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31:42Episode 5
Legs, Bums and Tums with Natalie #3
Episode 5
Get ready to work your leg muscles, glutes and abs with this energetic 30-minute LBT class. To begin with, you’ll need a set of heavy or medium dumbbells and a mat. To warm up, you’ll be doing hip openers, shoulder taps, and a squat-to-hamstring stretch, as well as reverse lunges into side lunges...
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43:41Episode 6
Legs, Bums and Tums with Natalie #2
Episode 6
It’s time to work your legs, glutes and abdominal muscles with this dynamic 45-minute LBT class. To begin with you’ll need a set of heavy or medium dumbbells and a mat.
To warm up, you’ll be doing hip openers, shoulder taps, and a squat-to-hamstring stretch, as well as reverse lunges into side lu... -
Legs, Bums and Tums with Natalie #1 - No Music
Episode 7
Prepare to work your leg muscles, glutes and abs with this energetic 45-minute LBT class. Before you start, you’ll need a set of heavy to medium dumbbells and a mat.
To warm-up, you’ll be doing hip openers, walkout shoulder taps, and a squat to hamstring stretch, as well as overhead reverse lunge... -
43:43Episode 8
Legs, Bums and Tums with Natalie #1
Episode 8
Prepare to work your leg muscles, glutes and abs with this energetic 45-minute LBT class. Before you start, you’ll need a set of heavy to medium dumbbells and a mat.
To warm-up, you’ll be doing hip openers, walkout shoulder taps, and a squat to hamstring stretch, as well as overhead reverse lunge... -
30:32Episode 9
Lower Body Dumbbell Workout with Jason
Episode 9
Put your legs to work with this 30-minute dumbbell session. Use the weights for a range of squats and lunges in blocks 1 to 3, then use your bodyweight for some floorwork in blocks 4 and 5. You’ll be doing 2 rounds of 2 exercises in each block with 10 reps for each:
Block 1 – wide, normal and na...
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20:55Episode 10
Lower Body Workout with Lizi #2
Episode 10
Work your legs and glutes with a combo of conditioning and cardio in this 20-minute session. You’ll need weights for the strength work in blocks 1 and 3 – if you don’t have any dumbbells, you could use a full backpack, bottles of water or heavy books. In blocks 2 and 4 you’ll be doing a couple of...
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32:52Episode 11
Lower Body Workout with Lizi #1
Episode 11
Put your glutes and legs through their paces with this 30-minute lower body workout. Start with some floorwork before getting up and adding the weight to your shoulders – if you don’t have a barbell or dumbbells, you could use a heavy backpack. After some serious squats and lunges, you’ll get on ...
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31:30Episode 12
Legs, Bums and Tums with Olivia #3
Episode 12
Strengthen and tone your leg muscles, glutes and abs with this 30-minute LBT class. You’ll be doing 3 blocks of 3 exercises, cycling through each exercise twice:
Block 1 – reverse lunge pulses, donkey kick pulses and side leg raises on both sides x2
Block 2 – glute bridge raises, glute bridges wi... -
24:08Episode 13
Strong Lower Body with Hannah
Episode 13
Welcome to the fourth session in our series of six Young People’s workouts. This class is all about working the muscles and joints in your legs and lower body to keep them strong and stable. This is really important as we spend a lot of time sitting down, not using our legs like we should be.
I...
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21:01Episode 14
Lower Body Stretch with Olivia #1
Episode 14
Stretch and mobilise your feet, legs and hips with this 20-minute session. For those suffering from lower body issues, you might want to try this class before your main exercise. If you have a foam roller grab it – but if not, you can skip that section and simply massage your legs instead.
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26:28Episode 15
Legs, Bums and Tums with Olivia #2
Episode 15
In this 25-minute class you’ll tone your tum with plank variations, strengthen your legs with sumo squat exercises and work your bum with curtseys and glute bridges.
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26:21Episode 16
Lower Body Workout with Ash #1
Episode 16
Tone your legs and glutes as you build your lower body strength in this 30-minute workout:
Round 1 and 3 – goblet squats, curtsey lunges, stiff leg deadlifts, dumbbell bridges, side leg raises, kickbacks, sumo jacks, squats to curtseys, and back lunges with knee raises
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31:42Episode 17
Pilates with Olivia #5
Episode 17
This 30-minute Pilates class will help you build your mobility and strength. Incorporate lunges and abductions to target your legs and hips, followed by kickbacks and hip lifts to tone your core and glutes.
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30:50Episode 18
Lower Body Workout with Panu #6
Episode 18
Leg day? Strengthen your lower body and core with this 30-minute workout. You’ll be doing 3 rounds of 3 exercises – 45 seconds on, 15 seconds off – before switching up the mini circuit.
Circuit 1 – one and a quarter squats, cossack squats and glute bridge pulses
Circuit 2 – curtsy lunges, sumo sq... -
20:41Episode 19
Legs, Bums and Tums with Zahra #4
Episode 19
In this 30-minute class you'll strengthen your legs with pulse squats and reverse lunges, target your bum with glute bridges, and tone your tum with crunches and planks.
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29:20Episode 20
Lower Body Workout with Panu #5
Episode 20
Fire up your leg and glute muscles with this 30-minute session. You’ll cycle through each of the 3 exercises 3 times, doing 10 reps of each:
Part 1 – back squats, good mornings and lying leg abductions
Part 2 – reverse lunges with knee raises, sumo deadlifts, single leg raises. -
32:47Episode 21
Legs, Bums and Tums with Zahra #3
Episode 21
Say hello to your leg, glute and core muscles with squat, lunge and glute bridge variations, before focusing on your abs with side plank clams, single leg raises and crunches.
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32:16Episode 22
Legs, Bums and Tums with Zahra #2
Episode 22
Work on your leg strength with single-leg Romanian deadlifts, fire up your glutes with bridge pulses and challenge your abs with side-plank crunches.
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Resistance Band Lower Body Workout with Panu
Episode 23
If you want a real challenge on leg day, Panu shows you how you can incorporate a resistance band into your workout. You’ll be doing 3 rounds of 10 reps for each exercise including squats, crab steps and glute bridges.
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32:25Episode 24
Legs, Bums and Tums with Olivia
Episode 24
Get ready for plenty of squat and plank variations to really work your leg muscles, glutes and core in this 30-minute class.