Saturday, April 9, 2011

Legs and Booty!!

Since we are tightening up our core, we need to tighten up our legs and booty. So here is a little something you can do throughout your house.

- Chair Squat, Legs together, squat down like you are going to sit down into a chair.The angle of your legs goes close to 90 degrees.
- Sumo Squat, Legs , are wide apart like a sumo wrestler, toes angled out, squat down till your knees hit the 90 degree mark or as far as comfortable.
-Chair to Sumo, Do the chair squat but as you come back up you will be jumping into the Sumo squat. Vis Versa from sumo back to chair. (If you have any knee or hip or ankle problems then you need to ease into the jumping part or just not do it)
- Hip Raises, Lie on your back, knees bent, feet flat on the floor. Lift your hips off of the floor and Rep up and down. Do not let lower your butt down to the ground until the set is complete. 
Advanced: Raise one leg 45 degree angle into the air, leg out straight. Complete set. Repeat rep count with the opposite leg.
- Money!! Lunges with a rear leg raise and a high knee. Start With a regular lung. Toes stay in front of your knee, Before your back leg comes forward to lunge again you raise it straight up behind you, squeezing your glutes. Move the back leg to the front to a high knee. From there, you lunge into your next rep. The goal is to complete the set without setting the leg down. HEHE! 
*Keep your core tight.
Be controlled in all of your movements.
Start with 3 sets of 12-15 reps. Add weight (light weight) if you need too.
Enjoy!!!
This was inspired by Kim T.
Grazie!!

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