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Nick Harris-fry

You don't need weights to build core strength and work your lower body, just this 40-minute bodyweight routine

Man performing a squat outdoors next to exercise mat and kettlebell.

For many people, leg day traditionally means lifting some kind of weights. The biggest muscle groups in the body are found in the legs and glutes, and to strengthen those muscles people often turn to compound moves like squats and deadlifts done with heavy weights.

However, you can do effective leg workouts at home without any weights at all, using creative ways to challenge the lower body muscles. This leg workout from YouTube fitness trainer Caroline Girvan can be done without any equipment bar a yoga mat and a chair or bench to rest your foot on when doing Bulgarian split squats.

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