• Subscriptions
  • Renew
  • Give a Gift
  • Customer Care
  • Newsletters
  • Blogs
  • Videos
  • Sweepstakes
Shape Magazine
  • Home
  • Fitness
    • Workouts
    • Cardio
    • Training Plans
    • Workout Playlists
    • Workout Builder
    • Shape Trainer
  • Healthy Eating
  • Weight Loss
  • Lifestyle
  • Celebrities
Follow Follow Me on Pinterest
Home › Fitness › Workouts › 10 Knee-Friendly Lower-Body Toners
Print 5K
Tweet

10 Knee-Friendly Lower-Body Toners

Knee pain holding you back? Sculpt your buns, hips, and thighs with these easy-on-the-joints alternatives to squats and lunges

By Jessica Smith
Previous
Sliding Hamstring Curls
Next
Previous Slide
  • Deadlifts
  • Bridges
  • Heel Press
  • Inner Thigh Circles
  • Side Plank Hip Bridge
  • Sliding Hamstring Curls
  • Static Squat
  • Side Kicks
  • Lateral Band Walks
  • Quadruped Triangle
  • More Slideshows
Next Slide
Tags: injuries, knee pain, lower-body exercises, lower-body workouts
Print 5K
Tweet

more galleries

woman with defined abs holding pair of dumbbells
6 Moves for a Rock-Solid Stomach
woman holding a dumbbell
The Single Dumbbell Workout
woman wearing bikini bottoms on the beach
The Bikini Bottom Workout: 7 Lower-Body Blasters
hand with green nail polish doing pull-up
8 Easier Alternatives to Pull-Ups

Search

6 of 11
Previous
Next
Sliding Hamstring Curls

Set your hamstrings on fire with this dynamic toner that uses two paper plates or towels (paper plates work best for carpet, towels for hardwood floors) to tone your thighs, glutes, and abs.

How to do it: Lie faceup with arms by your sides, knees bent, feet flexed, and heels pressed into the center of paper plates or folded towels. Lift your hips and slide left foot out, extending your leg straight (keeping heel pressed against plate or towel). Quickly bend your left leg back in while sliding right leg out. Keep "running" your legs in and out as quickly as you can until you can't keep hips lifted any longer (about 60 seconds). Rest and repeat up to 3 times.

Also try: Prone hamstring curl, plank dumbbell hamstring curl, Swiss ball hamstring curls.

Free Newsletters

PRIVACY POLICY
SHAPE Panel


from our partners

  • Fit Pregnancy
    Royal Style: Win this look!
    Get Ready for Baby Giveaway!
    Get Ready for Baby: Partner Picks
  • SheKnows
    Trending now: Fitness dance classes worth trying
    Field guide to summer safety
    1 in 5 kids have mental disorder
  • fitsugar
    Flat Belly, Fast: 15 Ways to Debloat Today
    Vote in Our 2013 POPSUGAR 100 Bracket!
    Bikini Prep: 10-Minute Total-Body Workout
SHAPE
  • Home
  • Fitness
  • Healthy Eating
  • Weight Loss
  • Lifestyle
  • Celebrities
  • Bride
  • Newsletters
  • Sweeps/Products
  • Sitemap
  • Topics
  • Media Kit
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
PRODUCTS
  • Birth Control
  • Acne Products
  • Herbal Remedies
  • Teeth Whiteners
  • Diet Programs
  • Energy Drinks
  • Fast Food
  • Protein Bars
  • Cereal
  • Frozen Dinners
  • Sports Drinks
  • Protein Shakes
  • Barefoot Shoes
  • Stair Steppers
  • Elliptical Machines
  • Exercise Bikes
  • Treadmills
American Media, Inc.
  • Fit Pregnancy
  • Natural Health
  • Flex
  • Radaronline
  • Men's Fitness
  • Muscle & Fitness
  • Muscle & Fitness Hers
  • Mr. Olympia
  • Country Weekly
  • Globe Magazine
  • National Enquirer
  • Star Magazine

Shape.com is part of The American Media, Inc. Fitness & Health Network
© 2013 Weider Publications, LLC, a subsidiary of American Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved.