For many women, leg workouts are the secret to a balanced fitness routine that enhances strength, stability, and endurance. A focus on lower body exercises can help you burn calories, build lean ...

“Exercises that take your hip to the side (side leg raises, side lunges) recruit this part of your glutes, or exercises that require standing on one leg (single-leg Romanian deadlifts, for ...

or thigh. Avoid placing it on your knee. Place your hands in any comfortable position. Hold for up to 1 minute (less is OK if you’re a beginner). Then do the opposite side. This exercise is ...

But once you try to do the exercise with one leg lifted off the floor—a pistol squat—the fear factor and degree of challenge explodes. “A pistol squat requires a lot more strength ...