If you want legs that command attention, you have to balance strength and size. Squats and deadlifts will crush your glutes and hamstrings, helping you to pack on serious power. But if you want quads ...

Jakob Roze, CSCS, is a health writer and high-end personal trainer. He is the founder and CEO of RozeFit, a high-end concierge personal training practice and online blog. Squats train all the major ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Ready for leg day?

Building strong, muscular quads is best done with a combination of compound exercises—squats, lunges, leg presses—and isolation work, such as leg extensions. Tack on some powerful plyometric moves, ...

Leg strength exercises after 55 to do in the morning, with a podiatrist’s tips for safer form, balance, and mobility.

Sometimes during a yoga class, there’s an exercise you do that involves standing on one of the best yoga mats, drawing one knee to hip height, then extending the leg out in front of you. It’s killer ...

Reasons to work out your legs, which belong to the biggest muscle groups of your body, are plentiful. Leg workouts improve your overall strength, reduce your chance of injury, and maintain a healthy ...

Dumbbells are the perfect tool for serious at-home leg training. They allow you to safely load foundational movements such as ...

In a recent YouTube video, Eric Janicki ranked every major leg day exercise, sharing which are the best—and worst—for building lower-body muscles. Janicki is a bodybuilder, fitness coach, and owner of ...

Bodyweight training is a popular and accessible method of improving your strength and conditioning with minimal to no equipment. When it comes to building stronger legs, bodyweight training offers you ...