10-Minute Workout: Hips, Hips, Away!

Leg Raise

5. Leg Raise

Targets: Outer Thighs, Glutes, Hip Flexors

  • Get on all fours, weight evenly balanced between your hands and knees.
  • Lift your left leg out to the side, keeping knee bent 90 degrees and inner thigh facing the floor.
  • Quickly kick your leg diagonally behind you, bringing your heel toward the ceiling.
  • Return your left knee to the floor and do 10 times; switch sides.

 

Originally published in Fitness magazine, February 2006.

 

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