Legs, meet your new exercise best friend: the pivoting squat and lunge with bicep curl. "Every single woman asks me how to tone her lower body," says Prevention's fitness expert Chris Freytag. And ...

As much as we may deny it, most women over 50 do care about how they look from behind. There's a reason, after all, that Spanx shapewear is ubiquitous and its founder, Sara Blakely, is a billionaire.

Many women tell me that every stray calorie seems to migrate to their hips and thighs. This is not a figment of their imaginations. And many women are looking for ways to get slim hips and thighs.

Sure, keeping the leg muscles strong makes you look toned, but they’re also really important for overall functioning. You need leg strength to move around effectively and support good posture standing ...