Best Legs Workouts With Barbells To Get Lean And Burn Fat

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This workout utilizes barbells, a versatile and essential piece of equipment that facilitates significant gains in strength and muscle growth.

By combining resistance training with elevated heart rate activities, this routine aims to burn calories while maintaining muscle mass, helping you achieve a lean and toned physique.

Key muscle groups targeted include the Glutes, Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Calves, Adductors, and Abductors, often through compound exercises like Squats, Deadlifts, and Lunges.

Lower weight and higher repetitions are employed to optimize fat burning and enhance muscular endurance, with adjustments tailored to individual capabilities and goals.

The 15 Best Legs Exercises with Barbells to Get Lean and Burn Fat

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  • 1. Barbell Hip Thrust

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    The Barbell Hip Thrust is a strength exercise that targets your glutes using a barbell for added resistance. By resting your upper body on a bench, this move helps you build power and strength in your lower body.

    How to do it

    The Barbell Hip Thrust is a strength exercise that targets your glutes using a barbell for added resistance. By resting your upper body on a bench, this move helps you build power and strength in your lower body.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    55lbs
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    8reps
    55lbs
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    8reps
    55lbs
  • 2. Back Squat

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    The Back Squat is a popular lower body exercise that builds strength and muscle, especially in the legs. It's an important move in powerlifting and overall fitness routines.

    How to do it

    The Back Squat is a popular lower body exercise that builds strength and muscle, especially in the legs. It's an important move in powerlifting and overall fitness routines.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    65lbs
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    8reps
    65lbs
    3
    8reps
    65lbs
  • 3. Bulgarian Split Squat

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    The Bulgarian Split Squat is a lower-body exercise that targets your quadriceps and helps build strength, power, and stability. By placing your back leg on a bench, it challenges your balance and enhances the workout.

    How to do it

    The Bulgarian Split Squat is a lower-body exercise that targets your quadriceps and helps build strength, power, and stability. By placing your back leg on a bench, it challenges your balance and enhances the workout.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    35lbs
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    8reps
    35lbs
    3
    8reps
    35lbs
  • 4. Deadlift

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    The deadlift is a powerlifting exercise that targets the muscles in your back and legs. It helps build overall strength and is commonly used in fitness routines.

    How to do it

    The deadlift is a powerlifting exercise that targets the muscles in your back and legs. It helps build overall strength and is commonly used in fitness routines.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
    1
    8reps
    75lbs
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    8reps
    75lbs
    3
    8reps
    75lbs
  • 5. Romanian Deadlift

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    The Romanian Deadlift is a strength exercise that focuses on your glutes and hamstrings. It involves bending at the hips while keeping the knees slightly bent, helping you build strength for other hip hinge movements.

    How to do it

    The Romanian Deadlift is a strength exercise that focuses on your glutes and hamstrings. It involves bending at the hips while keeping the knees slightly bent, helping you build strength for other hip hinge movements.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
    1
    8reps
    70lbs
    2
    8reps
    70lbs
    3
    8reps
    70lbs
  • 6. Overhead Barbell Lunge

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    85 mScore
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    Barbells

    The Overhead Barbell Lunge is a full-body exercise that improves stability, posture, and strength. By holding a barbell overhead while lunging, you'll engage your shoulders, core, and legs for a balanced workout.

    How to do it

    The Overhead Barbell Lunge is a full-body exercise that improves stability, posture, and strength. By holding a barbell overhead while lunging, you'll engage your shoulders, core, and legs for a balanced workout.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    45lbs
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    8reps
    45lbs
    3
    8reps
    45lbs
  • 7. Pulse Back Squat

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    The Pulse Back Squat is a variation of the traditional back squat that adds a small pulsing movement at the bottom of the squat. This helps build endurance and strength in the glutes, quads, and hamstrings by keeping the muscles engaged for a longer time.

    How to do it

    The Pulse Back Squat is a variation of the traditional back squat that adds a small pulsing movement at the bottom of the squat. This helps build endurance and strength in the glutes, quads, and hamstrings by keeping the muscles engaged for a longer time.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    50lbs
    2
    8reps
    50lbs
    3
    8reps
    50lbs
  • 8. Kneeling Squat

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    86 mScore
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    The Kneeling Squat is an exercise that strengthens your thighs and glutes while being easy on your back and knees. It's especially good for beginners or those with limited mobility since it requires no balancing.

    How to do it

    The Kneeling Squat is an exercise that strengthens your thighs and glutes while being easy on your back and knees. It's especially good for beginners or those with limited mobility since it requires no balancing.

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    9reps
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    9reps
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    9reps
    4
    9reps
  • 9. Front Squat

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    Squat Rack

    The Front Squat is a basic exercise that mainly works your quadriceps by holding a barbell in front of your body. This variation helps improve strength and stability, which can benefit various sports and daily activities.

    How to do it

    The Front Squat is a basic exercise that mainly works your quadriceps by holding a barbell in front of your body. This variation helps improve strength and stability, which can benefit various sports and daily activities.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    55lbs
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    8reps
    55lbs
    3
    8reps
    55lbs
  • 10. Landmine Squat to Press

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    The Landmine Squat to Press is a full-body exercise that targets your legs and shoulders. It helps to build strength, improves coordination, and engages your core for stability.

    How to do it

    The Landmine Squat to Press is a full-body exercise that targets your legs and shoulders. It helps to build strength, improves coordination, and engages your core for stability.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    45lbs
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    8reps
    45lbs
    3
    8reps
    45lbs
  • 11. Pause Barbell Lunge

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    The Pause Barbell Lunge is a variation of the lunge that includes a brief pause at the bottom position, which helps strengthen the legs and improve balance. It targets the quads, hamstrings, and glutes while making the exercise more challenging than a standard lunge.

    How to do it

    The Pause Barbell Lunge is a variation of the lunge that includes a brief pause at the bottom position, which helps strengthen the legs and improve balance. It targets the quads, hamstrings, and glutes while making the exercise more challenging than a standard lunge.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    30lbs
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    8reps
    30lbs
    3
    8reps
    30lbs
  • 12. Landmine Squat

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    The Landmine Squat is a lower body exercise using a landmine setup. It strengthens your quads, glutes, and hamstrings while also engaging your core for stability, making it a great variation to traditional squats.

    How to do it

    The Landmine Squat is a lower body exercise using a landmine setup. It strengthens your quads, glutes, and hamstrings while also engaging your core for stability, making it a great variation to traditional squats.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    35lbs
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    8reps
    35lbs
    3
    8reps
    35lbs
  • 13. Landmine Romanian Deadlift

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    The Landmine Romanian Deadlift is a beginner-friendly exercise that targets your hamstrings and glutes. It uses a landmine setup for added stability, making it easier to control the movement compared to traditional deadlifts.

    How to do it

    The Landmine Romanian Deadlift is a beginner-friendly exercise that targets your hamstrings and glutes. It uses a landmine setup for added stability, making it easier to control the movement compared to traditional deadlifts.

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    8reps
    35lbs
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    8reps
    35lbs
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    8reps
    35lbs
  • 14. Landmine Sumo Squat

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    The Landmine Sumo Squat is an exercise using a landmine barbell setup that targets your glutes, quads, and inner thighs. It helps improve lower body strength and stability through a unique squatting angle.

    How to do it

    The Landmine Sumo Squat is an exercise using a landmine barbell setup that targets your glutes, quads, and inner thighs. It helps improve lower body strength and stability through a unique squatting angle.

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    1
    8reps
    35lbs
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    8reps
    35lbs
    3
    8reps
    35lbs
  • 15. Landmine Single Leg Romanian Deadlift

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    The Landmine Single Leg Romanian Deadlift is a straightforward exercise focusing on the glutes and hamstrings. This variation on the traditional Romanian Deadlift helps improve strength, stability, and mobility on one leg, using a landmine for added stability.

    How to do it

    The Landmine Single Leg Romanian Deadlift is a straightforward exercise focusing on the glutes and hamstrings. This variation on the traditional Romanian Deadlift helps improve strength, stability, and mobility on one leg, using a landmine for added stability.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
    1
    8reps
    35lbs
    2
    8reps
    35lbs
    3
    8reps
    35lbs

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