Want sexy skirt-worthy
pins? Just do these exercises three times a week for a toned and tightened
lower body. Feeling panicky about an up-and-coming party? There’s no
need! These leg exercises will target your lower body while boosting your
metabolism and improving your balance.
Side lunge
Side lunge
Benefits: Side lunges will target your legs from different angles, working your gluteals, inner thighs, hamstrings and calves.
How to do side lunges
1.
Stand tall with your
legs hip-width apart, your core in tight and shoulders back.
2.
Lift your right foot
and take a step to your right as you push your hips backwards.
3.
Lower your body by
dropping your hips and bending your left knee. Make sure your knee doesn’t go
past your toe and then quickly push yourself back to the starting
position. Repeat 10 times for each leg
Caution: Don’t lunge too far to the side. Your knee
should line up over your foot. Your standing foot should remain on the floor at
all times and your foot should point straight ahead.
Squat jacks
Benefits: A bend of the knees turns the humble jumping jack into a tough leg and bum booster. It makes great cardio exercise too.
How to do squat jacks
Squat jacks
Benefits: A bend of the knees turns the humble jumping jack into a tough leg and bum booster. It makes great cardio exercise too.
How to do squat jacks
1.
Stand with your feet
close together, hands touching the sides of your head, and lower down into a
narrow squat so that your weight shifts back to your heels (a).
2.
Staying low, push off
your heels and jump your feet wide, landing in a wide squat position (b). Lift
and jump back to the start position (a). Continue jumping your feet out and in
with a squat as fast as you can. Repeat 15 times
Overhead squat
Benefits: Legs, bum and shoulders. Overhead squats are a great compound move, which hit every muscle from your head to your toes. They also target your core and co-ordination while increasing shoulder mobility.
How to do overhead
squats
1.
Hold a light weighted
bar overhead, with your hands shoulder-width apart and your feet slightly wider
than shoulder-width apart (a).
2.
Keeping the bar over
your head, squat until your thighs are parallel to the ground (b). Pause then
push through the heels and return to standing, squeezing your glutes as you
rise.
Repeat 15 times
Romanian dead lift
Benefits: This move blitzes your hamstrings and gluteals while improving strength and power. Don’t be afraid of lifting a heavier kettlebell than usual.
Romanian dead lift
Benefits: This move blitzes your hamstrings and gluteals while improving strength and power. Don’t be afraid of lifting a heavier kettlebell than usual.
How to do Romanian dead lifts
1.
Standing with your
feet shoulder-width apart and knees slightly bent, hold a kettlebell with your
hands in front of hips (a).
2.
Tilt your hips back
and bend forward from the hips, until your back is nearly parallel to the
ground (b).
3.
Once you feel a
stretch in the backs of your legs, reverse the movement, keeping the kettlebell
close to your body.
Repeat 15 times
Stretch it out: V stretch
Benefits: As well as reducing your heart rate and stretching hamstrings and inner thighs, this move relieves back pain caused by tight leg muscles.
How to do V stretches
Sit with your legs spread out in a V shape and extended straight out. Slowly lower your torso to touch the floor in front of you, but only go as far as is comfortable for you. Hold the stretch for 20 to 30 secs
Source: timesofindia
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