Target Practice: Trouble Spot Toning Exercises

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Target Practice: Trouble Spot Toning Exercises

Honing Hinge

Trouble Zone: Thighs
Why it hits the spot: Turning your toes out in a plié shifts more of the focus to the inner thighs, and the forward bend challenges your legs to work that much harder to stabilize you.

Targets: Shoulders, back, butt, quads, and inner thighs

Stand with feet wider than shoulder-width apart, toes turned out slightly, arms by sides.
Lower into plié, knees bent 90 degrees, and extend arms overhead, palms forward. Make it easier: Keep hands on hips.
Slowly hinge forward from hips until torso is nearly parallel to ground, keeping back flat and stretching arms forward.
Slowly raise torso back to plié position, then return to start.
Do 2 sets of 10 reps.

Originally published in FITNESS magazine, July/August 2011.