Sculpt Your Legs And Butt In 20 Minutes Using Only Dumbbells
Think you need a full weight room and oodles of time to sculpt your lower body? Think again. You can strengthen every muscle from the waist down using only dumbbells in 20 minutes flat. So doable!
The key is a sequence of compound moves that challenges the legs (hamstrings, calves, quads) and butt (glutes). And, you can adapt this lower-body workout from Ariel Belgrave, CPT, to your level of fitness thanks to the AMRAP (as many reps as possible) programming.
Meet the expert: Ariel Belgrave, CPT, is the creator of The L.E.A.N. Program fitness and nutrition coaching and the program creator behind the Women's Health 28-Day Workout Challenge.
Whether you’re beginning a brand-new fitness journey, starting over, or just itching to get into a new routine, get ready to make your lower body burn in the best way. Grab a set of dumbbells that challenges you but allows you to keep repeating the moves for the entire interval.
Time: 20 minutes | Equipment: Dumbbells | Good for: Lower body
Instructions: Warm up with 30 seconds of invisible jump roping and 30 seconds of hip openers (shown below). Then, perform as many reps as possible of each exercise for 40 seconds, followed by 20 seconds of rest. Repeat the workout exercises for a total of 4 rounds.
Follow along with the full workout in this video and get detailed instructions on how to do each move below:
(Hearst Owned)Grab dumbbells and follow along with Ariel Belgrave, CPT, through this lower-body workout—part of the WH 28-day workout challenge 2023.
