If you do not have equipment at home then you can perform these exercises with body-weight, but always remember to make the exercises as challenging as possible to elicit a change.

SQUAT — Dumbbells

Stand feet shoulder width apart and hold dumbbells to your shoulders. Bend the knees into a deep squat, push the bottom backwards and maintain neutral spine. Press the heels into the floor as you extend the legs. Make sure your knees track inline with your toes.

LUNGE — Dumbbells

Stand with 1 foot forward and the other foot back behind you with the heel raised. Hold dumbbells in both hands. Lower into a lunge position until the back knee is just off the floor and both knees are at right angles. Keep the pelvis slightly tucked under so you do not over arch the lower back. Straighten the legs.

SQUAT — Kettlebell

Stand with your feet wide, toes turned out slightly and hold a kettlebell in both hands. Bend the knees pressing them outwards into a sumo squat. Push your heels into the floor and extend your legs. Maintain neutral spine throughout.

LUNGE – Dumbbells

Stand with your feet together and dumbbells in each hand, held to the shoulders. Step laterally into a side lunge, keep the heels down, push the bottom back and allow the torso to hinge forwards slightly from the hips. Step together and repeat to the same side.

SQUAT — Dumbbells

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and dumbbells in each hand, held to the shoulders. Squat and push through the feet into a high jump, land back into a squat position and continue the movement.

LUNGE — Bench / Dumbbells

Stand on 1 leg with the opposite foot placed onto a bench behind you with the knee flexed. Hold dumbbells to your side. Bend the supporting leg and lower the body, keeping the torso upright. Maintain ankle and knee alignment. Extend the supporting leg.

SQUAT — Bench

Stand on 1 leg and bend the knee to perform a single leg squat. Do not let the knee come too far forward, touch your bottom to a box/bench behind you and keep your weight into your heel. Extend the leg and make sure your knee tracks in line with your toes.

LUNGE — Dumbbells

Stand with 1 foot forward and the other foot back behind you with the heel raised. Hold dumbbells to the shoulders. Lower into a lunge position until the back knee is just off the floor and both knees are at right angles. Then jump and switch legs landing in a lunge, continue.