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The Single- Leg Pulse exercise tones your shoulders, abs, butt, and legs . Do 20 pulses on each leg .

Bikini Body Workout 2009: Our best bikini body workout ever. Single- Leg Pulse: The key here is to do slight dips, not full squats. To make it easier, hold the ball closer to your

Arm Extension With Leg Balance

The Arm Extension With Leg Balance exercise works your triceps, abs and legs .

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The Single- Leg Stretch

The Single- Leg Stretch works your abs and your obliques. Do between 5 and 10 reps for each side.

The Single Leg Stretch. Lie back on the center of your mat with your knees bent. Lift your head and shoulder, then curl your chin in toward your chest. Inhale as you draw your left knee in toward your chest, placing your left hand on your ankle and your right hand on your knee. Lift your right leg about 45 degrees off the floor. Switch legs , extending your left leg while hugging your right leg to your chest. Switch hand positions each time you switch legs , placing your right hand on your right ankle and you're left hand on your right knee. You should do between 5 and 10 reps for each side. The Single Leg Stretch works your abs and your obliques.

The Single- Leg Circle

The Single- Leg Circle works your abs, hips, hamstrings. and your inner and outer thighs. Do 5 reps on each leg , first clockwise, then counterclockwise.

The Single Leg Circle: Lie back on the mat with your arms by your sides and your palms facing down. Begin by pointing your left foot as if reaching out with your toes toward the ceiling and rotate your legs slightly outward. Inhale and trace a circle on the ceiling with your left leg , moving your whole leg , but keeping your hips still. Don't lift your left hip off the floor. Trace a circle on the ceiling 5 times in a clockwise direction, then repeat it in a counterclockwise direction. Now switch legs and repeat the exercise. The Single Leg Circle works your abs, hips, hamstrings, and your inner and outer thighs.

Leg -Step Extension

You'll need a step bench. This targets your glutes, hips, hamstrings, chest, arms, and core. Do 10 reps on each leg .

Leg Step Extension: Get on all fours with a step behind you, keeping your arms straight with your hands directly underneath your shoulders. Press your toes into the step. Tuck your left knee in toward your chest and then extend it behind you. You'll do 10 reps of this tuck-and-extend motion before switching legs . Squeeze your glutes as you extend your leg behind you. After you've done 10 reps, switch sides so your left leg stays on the step and your right leg is tucking and extending. Leg Step Extensions target your glutes, hips, hamstrings, chest, arms, and core. If you want to make this exercise easier, keep your back leg on the ground instead of elevated on the step, and do only 6 reps on each leg .

Single- Leg Squat with Towel

You'll need a small folded towel. This targets your inner and outer thighs, quads, and glutes. Work each leg for 30 seconds.

knee should bend between 45 and 90 degrees. After 30 seconds, switch legs and do squats for another 30 seconds, sliding your left leg to the side, and squatting with your right leg . The Single- Leg Squat with Towel targets your inner and outer thighs as well as your quads and glutes.

Single- Leg Front Raises

You'll need a set of 5-pound dumbbells. This targets the front of your shoulders, abs, and glutes. Do 8 reps (4 per arm) on each leg .

until you've done 8 total, 4 reps on each arm. Now, switch legs and do 8 more reps standing on your right leg . The single- leg dumbbell front raise targets the front of your shoulders as wells as your abs and glutes. If balancing on one leg is too hard, you can also do this exercise with both legs on the floor.

Cheerleader raise

The cheerleader raise exercise targets shoulders, abs, arms and legs . Do 3 sets of 8 reps per leg .

Cheerleader Raise: Try to really lengthen your opposite arm and leg away from each other, then drive the knee toward to elbow. The more the legs work, the higher the calorie burn.

Cancan Kickback

The Cancan Kickback exercise works your triceps, abs, hips, and legs . Do 16 reps on each leg .

Slimmer in 7 Days! Cancan Kick: Bring your leg up as high as you can as you pulse your arms behind you. If you feel yourself rounding your back, don't raise

Hot Seat

The Hot Seat exercise works your butt and legs . Do 2 sets of 12 reps on each leg .

Play Away the Pounds! Hot Seat: The key to this single- leg squat is to really press through your heel of your standing leg to get yourself up. Don't let momentum take over. And if you want to make the move harder, barely let your butt brush the seat as you stand up again. You're going to do 12 repetitions per leg .

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