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Lower-Body Tone-Up

Sculpts your butt, legs and more with moves that go beyond lunges and squats. Tracie Long Training: Better Burn¿Better Buns (55 minutes; $14.99, bmsdigital.com)

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" Get your med ball. We're gonna do lunge to balance. Just remember to keep your feet wide when we lunge and when we step back, that will give you a better balance. Arms up, crunch to the right side. Bring the elbow towards the knees, trying to feel the muscles in the obliques and in the hips. Don't pull with the arms, it's elbow to knee. Good, do 2 more and we'll get going. Bring it to the center, lunge right. Down, up, step back. Now dip and weave, hip hinge. Do it again. Reach down. Arms overhead if you can. Step back and weave deep in the hip. Right leg lunge again, all the way up to the hips at the top, step back, dip weave. One more time, this side, down, up, step back, dip and weave. Stepping out to the right in a side squat slowly, push overhead. Shift your body weight into the outside leg, pushing into the heel. Now, stay low, speed it up. 8, shifting side to side, 4, 3, slow it down again. Reach tall at the top. Looking good! Two more, push right, speed it up, stay low. Good, speed and agility here. 4, 3, arms overhead touch sides. Crunch 12 times, elbow to knee. Feel it in the waist. Breathe. 4, bring it to the center. Let's get the other side. Here we go, down, up, step back and dip. Right leg goes back, all the way up. Do it again. Drive through the heel. No toes, step back, hips low. Two more, push down, look tall, and back. 2, last time, here we go, arms up if you can. Good work. Step back, step squat to the left. Ready, big arms, down, up. Good! Shift your body weight to that outside leg. Speed it up. Here we go. 8, stay low. 4, 3, bigger now, bigger arms, sink low then high. Good work! Two more, down, up, one more time fast. Push, 8, big breaths here. 4, we're gonna crunch on that left side, arms up, toe out. Touch. Pull. Keep the right foot forward. It's the last 6, 4, 3, 2, and release."

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