The Best Gym Leg Workout – Sculpt the legs of your dreams the next time you’re in the gym!

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Leg day!!

I have a love-hate relationship with leg day… love the pump and the results – hate not being able to walk normally for a few days afterwards… and we’ve got a lot of stairs in my house! This week’s “What I Worked Wednesday” post features one of the leg days I ran through last week. Utilizing mostly barbells and dumbbells we’ll hit big, large muscle groups initially and finish with some smaller, more focused moves to carve definition in the quads, hammies, and calves. Let the good times roll!!

The Workout

Warm up

Any cardio that uses your legs (so pretty much anything!). Elliptical and row machine are my favorite – jogging on the treadmill and spinning on the cycle will also work

Squats

My all-time favorite leg exercise. Works the quads, hips, core, and back.

3 sets of 10

Deadlifts

Great for the butt and low-back; also works the arms to hold on to the weight.

3 sets of 10

Lateral bench lunges

I always try to involve some type of lateral exercise in my routines. This is a great way to increase hip strength and knee stability. Grab some 10-pound dumbbells to take things to the next level.

3 sets of 10 to each side

These last 3 exercises I did in a circuit on the machines. Perform them in order of A, B, C, A, B, C… until all 4 sets have been completed.

A) Quad extensions

Perfect way to tap out the quad muscles after a long leg day.

4 sets of 10

B) Hamstring curls