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Bryony Firth-Bernard

8 best bodyweight exercises for adding lower body size and strength

A man performing a bodyweight lower body exercise: cossack squat.

While dumbbells, barbells, and exercise machines increase our chances of leg and glute gains, it’s still possible to build lower body strength and muscle from the comfort of your home with zero equipment.

It doesn’t matter how we train our muscles per se, as long as they encounter resistance and have to work hard to overcome that resistance, they can become bigger and stronger. For the beginner, especially, their bodyweight can be enough in this instance.

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