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Exercises for Lower Body

October 3, 2009


Exercises for lower body

Lower body is one of the essential parts of your body. If you don’t have an attractive lower body then it will affect your overall personality. Here, we give you some different kind of lower body workouts.

1. One-and a half squat: It is very useful exercises for your butt, quadriceps and hamstrings muscles. Stand on a step and feet width apart with a dumbbell in both hands. Now, squats until thighs are parallel to the floor and keep your back straight and knees behind toes. Rise until halfway, hold this movement for 2 seconds and lower into full squat. Return to the starting position.

2. Pendulum lift: It is one of the important exercises for lower body.
Put your right foot on the step machine and left foot hangs off back. Hold a dumbbell in each hand with arms at your sides with palms facing back. Now, keep your right leg slightly bent and hinge forward from hips while lift your left leg behind you until the body is parallel to the floor and hands hang below your shoulder. Get back to the starting position and perform on the other side or switch legs.

3. Standing seesaw: Stand on the step machine with right foot and left foot hanging off side. Hold a dumbbell in the right hand and put your left foot on hip. Keep your back straight and raise the left leg straight out to side as high as possible, simultaneously lift your left arm straight out at the shoulder level. Now, come back to the starting position and repeat on the other side.

4. Knee pump: Stand on step with feet width apart. Now, hold a dumbbell in each hand with bent elbows and palms face inside. Slightly lean your upper body forward and lunge straight back to the floor with right leg. Keep your left knee bent behind toes throughout the movement. Now, raise your right leg and bring your right knee and left hand up towards the chest. Get back to the starting position and repeat on the other side.


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