5 Exercises to Get Gorgeous Legs
Here's how you can get it in gear and firm up your butt and thighs.


Updated on July 14, 2011, 1:04 am ET
By Melissa Paris    Find in Diet+Health    Related videos | articles | comments | share it

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Okay, you’ve decided that you want seriously tight thighs and a firm butt. But how do you do it? Most of the below exercises can be done at home, in front of a TV! All you need is a balance or exercise ball, a step stool, hand weights (you can use canned food if you don’t have any) and if you don’t have barbells at home either, try using a broom.

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When you’re starting to work out, start small- do two reps of 10 or 20, then build up.

Read on for your at home butt and thigh workout.

Hamstring Curls with Stability Ball:

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Targets Gluteus Maximus and Hamstrings Stabilizer muscles include erecter spinae, rectus abs, transverse abs, gluteus medius, and obliques.

Lie on your back with heels on top of stability ball. Heels should be hip width apart and flatten lower back into the floor.

Press hips off the floor and slowly bring heels in towards your hips. Contracting abs the whole time.

Step-Ups with weights:

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Targets Quadriceps and Gluteus Maximus.

Using a stair or step put right foot on step and press into right heel as if going up a step. Step back off the step with left foot going back. Repeat motion 10-20 times and proceed with left leg.

Three more exercises up next!

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angiewith3
#1. angiewith3 on 07/15/2011 - 9:31 pm (EDT)
OMG the hamstring curls look very challenging
egood33
#2. egood33 on 07/20/2011 - 11:52 am (EDT)
I enjoy the Single Leg Bridges, not too hard but you still feel the burn!
mangoriffic
#3. mangoriffic on 07/29/2011 - 7:57 am (EDT)
Great exercises, but WHAT'S WITH THE CHEAP GRAPHICS? I'm sorry, but I think they just make the author seem very unprofessional. It would have been a nicer article without them.

And on a more anal note, the squat photo is a terrible example because the guys knees are waaaay over his toes. F.