Thigh training

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All 66 exercises for thigh training are displayed below.

Standing pull-through with a low rear-anchored resistance band passing between the legs.; Copyright:

Band Pull Through

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Fitness bands

Seated single-leg extension with an ankle cuff and resistance band anchored behind a flat bench.; Copyright:

Band Seated Leg Extension

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Fitness bands, Bench

Bergsteiger mit Widerstandsband; Copyright: Bergsteiger mit Widerstandsband

Banded Mountain Climbers

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Fitness bands

Barbell back squat lowering onto a stable flat bench, then returning to standing.; Copyright:

Barbell Bench Squat

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Barbell, Bench

Barbell glute bridge on the floor with a padded bar across the hips and both feet planted.; Copyright:

Barbell Glute Bridge

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Barbell

Barbell hip thrust with a padded bar at the hips, upper back on a bench and feet planted on the floor.; Copyright:

Barbell Hip Thrust

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Barbell, Bench

Ausfallschritt mit Langhantel; Copyright: Ausfallschritt mit Langhantel

Barbell Lunges

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Barbell

Langhantel-Kniebeugen; Copyright: Langhantel-Kniebeugen

Barbell Squats

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Barbell

Aufsteiger mit Langhantel; Copyright: Aufsteiger mit Langhantel

Barbell Step-Ups

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Bench, Barbell

Alternating battle-rope waves combined with a squat and a two-foot jump.; Copyright:

Battling Ropes Jump Squat with Alternating Waves

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Battle ropes

Brisk walking with alternating steps and opposite arm swing; unweighted male illustration.; Copyright:

Brisk Walking

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

Bodyweight Bulgarian split squat with the rear foot resting on a bench and the front leg lowering and raising the body.; Copyright:

Bulgarian Split Squat

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Bench, Dumbbell

Forward lunge facing away from a cable machine with both rope ends held beside the shoulders.; Copyright:

Cable Forward Lunge

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Cable pull station

Adduktion am Kabelzug; Copyright: Adduktion am Kabelzug

Cable Hip Adduction

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Cable pull station

Crescent lunge progressing from kneeling through low lunge to high lunge with rear knee lifted and arms raised.; Copyright:

Crescent Moon Pose

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

Kreuzheben; Copyright: Kreuzheben

Deadlift

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Barbell

Box squat with a dumbbell at each side and the butt lowering onto a flat bench.; Copyright:

Dumbbell Box Squats

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Dumbbell, Bench

Farmer's carry walking with a dumbbell held in each hand beside the body.; Copyright:

Dumbbell Farmers Carry

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Dumbbell

Front squat with two dumbbells at shoulder height and palms facing inward.; Copyright:

Dumbbell Front Squat

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Dumbbell

Floor glute bridge with one dumbbell across the hip crease, secured by both hands.; Copyright:

Dumbbell Glute Bridge

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Dumbbell

Goblet squat with one vertical dumbbell held close to the chest by its upper end.; Copyright:

Dumbbell Goblet Squat

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Dumbbell

Squat jump with a dumbbell hanging in each hand and both feet leaving the floor together.; Copyright:

Dumbbell Jumping Squat

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Dumbbell

Ausfallschritt mit Kurzhantel; Copyright: Ausfallschritt mit Kurzhantel

Dumbbell Lunges

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Dumbbell

Two-dumbbell push jerk from the shoulders, with a second receiving dip before standing overhead.; Copyright:

Dumbbell Push Jerk

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Dumbbell

Kniebeugen mit Kurzhanteln; Copyright: Kniebeugen mit Kurzhanteln

Dumbbell Squats

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Dumbbell

Wide-stance sumo squat with both hands on the handle of one horizontal dumbbell between the legs.; Copyright:

Dumbbell Sumo Squat (Handle Grip)

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Dumbbell

Two-handed dumbbell wood chop from above one shoulder into a squat with the weight outside the opposite knee.; Copyright:

Dumbbell Wood Chop Squat

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Dumbbell

Bodyweight frog squat moving from a low squat to a partial rise with hands together and elbows inside the knees.; Copyright:

Frog Squats

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

Front-Kniebeugen mit Langhantel; Copyright: Front-Kniebeugen mit Langhantel

Front Squats

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Barbell

Glute bridge march with the hips held up and alternate bent-leg lifts.; Copyright:

Glute Bridge March

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

Stehende Hackenschmidt Kniebeugen am Gerät; Copyright: Stehende Hackenschmidt Kniebeugen am Gerät

Hack Squat

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Machine

Hängendes Beinbeugen; Copyright: Hängendes Beinbeugen

Hanging Leg Curl

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Machine

Glute bridge with both heels on the floor and toes lifted toward the shins.; Copyright:

Heel Glute Bridge

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

High-knee rope skipping alternating right and left knee lifts with an optional basic two-foot bounce between them.; Copyright:

High Knee Jump Rope

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Jump rope

High-knee running on the spot with alternating raised knees and opposite arm drive.; Copyright:

High Knee Sprints

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

Adduktion am Kabelzug; Copyright: Adduktion am Kabelzug

Hip Adduction

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Machine

Basic two-foot rope skipping with one forward rope turn per jump.; Copyright:

Jumping Rope

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Jump rope

Kettlebell bent press from a shoulder rack into an extended arm by moving the torso underneath the weight.; Copyright:

Kettlebell Bent Press

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Kettlebell

Farmer's carry walking with one kettlebell hanging in each hand at the sides.; Copyright:

Kettlebell Farmers Carry

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Kettlebell

Kettlebell figure eight with hand changes behind the thighs while holding a partial squat.; Copyright:

Kettlebell Figure 8

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Kettlebell

Forward lunge with a kettlebell passed beneath the front thigh from the opposite hand into the same-side hand.; Copyright:

Kettlebell Pass-Through Lunges

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Kettlebell

Single-arm kettlebell snatch from a hip-driven backswing to an extended overhead hold.; Copyright:

Kettlebell Snatch

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Kettlebell

Two-handed kettlebell swing from a hip hinge between the thighs to approximately chest height.; Copyright:

Kettlebell Swing

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Kettlebell

Double kettlebell thruster from a front-rack squat through leg drive into an overhead press.; Copyright:

Kettlebell Thruster

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Kettlebell

Squat technique discussion focusing on forward knee travel and whole-foot contact.; Copyright:

Knees Over Toes in the Squat

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment, Barbell

Beinstrecken am Gerät; Copyright: Beinstrecken am Gerät

Leg Extensions

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Machine

Ausfallschritt; Copyright: Ausfallschritt

Lunges

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

Beinbeuger am Gerät, liegend; Copyright: Beinbeuger am Gerät, liegend

Lying Leg Curl

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Machine

Barbell push press with a short front-rack dip, leg drive and straight-legged overhead finish.; Copyright:

Push Press

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Barbell

Kreuzheben mit Fitnessband; Copyright: Kreuzheben mit Fitnessband

Resistance Band Deadlift

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Fitness bands

Standing single-leg curl with a loop band around both lower legs: the band stays under the standing foot while the working heel lifts toward the butt.; Copyright:

Resistance Band Leg Curl

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Fitness bands

Reverse Nordic curl from tall kneeling, with hips extended and the thighs and torso leaning backward together.; Copyright:

Reverse Nordic Curl

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

Reverse plank facing upward with straight arms behind the body, straight legs and hips lifted.; Copyright:

Reverse Plank

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

Supine leg curl with heels in suspended rings, upper back on the floor and hips raised while the knees bend.; Copyright:

Ring Leg Curl

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Gymnastic rings

Safety-bar squat with a padded yoke across the upper back and both hands on the forward handles.; Copyright:

Safety Bar Squat

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Safety squat bar

Beinpresse, sitzend; Copyright: Beinpresse, sitzend

Seated Leg Press

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Machine

Seitlicher Ausfallschritt; Copyright: Seitlicher Ausfallschritt

Side Lunge

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

Smith-machine back squat with the bar across the upper back and feet positioned slightly forward of the guided bar.; Copyright:

Smith Machine Squats

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Machine

Barbell squat jerk from the front shoulder rack into a deep overhead receiving squat before standing.; Copyright:

Squat Jerk

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Barbell

Kniebeugen ohne Equipment; Copyright: Kniebeugen ohne Equipment

Squats

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

Aufsteiger ohne Equipment; Copyright: Aufsteiger ohne Equipment

Step Ups

Difficulty:: Easy

Equipment:: Exercise without equipment

Aufsteiger seitlich mit Kurzhantel; Copyright: Aufsteiger seitlich mit Kurzhantel

Step-Ups Sideways, with Dumbbells

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Bench, Dumbbell

Sumo-Kreuzheben; Copyright: Sumo-Kreuzheben

Sumo Deadlift

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Barbell

Trap-bar deadlift from a bent hip-and-knee position to standing inside the frame with both handles at the sides.; Copyright:

Trap Bar Deadlift

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Trap bar

Farmer's carry inside a loaded trap bar with both side handles held and the frame kept level.; Copyright:

Trap Bar Farmers Carry

Difficulty:: Medium

Equipment:: Trap bar

Zercher-Kniebeugen; Copyright: Zercher-Kniebeugen

Zercher Squat

Difficulty:: Hard

Equipment:: Barbell

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