At Home Exercises for Women - Leg Exercises

Easy Leg Exercises You Can Do At Home To Get Toned Legs

I recently helped a friend of mine by creating a simple but challenging exercise program for his wife. She wanted to lose some weight and focus on toning her legs up a bit.

Now I do not believe in spot reduction, but she was motivated and wanted to work on her legs so that is where we started.

Here is an outline of the leg exercise program I setup for her.

1. Wide Stance Squats (aka Sumo Squats) 3-4 sets of 25-30 reps
2. Narrow Squats: 3-4 sets of 20-25 reps
3. Lunges: 3-4 sets of 20-25 reps
4. Stiff-Leg Deadlifts: 2-3 sets of 15-20 reps
5. Kneeling Rear Leg Raises: 2-3 sets of 15-20 reps
6. Lying Side Leg Lifts: 2-3 sets of 15-20 reps

Here is some basic exercise advice and initial guidelines to follow to help get started doing these leg exercises.

* More detailed information can be found in the Exercise Advice - FAQ

1. Exercise at least 3 times per week at a minimum.
2. Do only 1 set of each exercise at the first exercise session.
3. Target the lower number of reps at the first exercise session.
4. Move from one exercise into the next exercise, but do it safely. Rest if you need to!
5. Add reps and sets with each exercise session until the target number are reached.
6. Record the number of sets and reps for each workout session.
7. Identify exercises that do not feel right, or you do not like.

After reaching the target number of sets and repetitions, follow this program for at least six weeks. Longer if you are getting results. When you have completed the first run of this program, you can then start to add weight or change up the exercises to help you meet your goals.