Legs:
Inner Thigh Adduction
- Make a loop at one end of the band and place it around your left ankle.
- Hold the other handle in your right hand.
- Stand with your right foot on the band with back straight, abs engaged, right hand on hips and knees soft.
- Lift your left leg off the floor just slightly, foot flexed.
- EXHALE: Keeping both legs straight, use the inner thigh to pull the left leg towards the midline of your body.
- INHALE: Slowly return left leg to the side, returning to the start position to complete one rep.
- Finish set on this leg and then switch sides.
Side Lying Leg Abduction- Slide a 24-inch resistance band loop over your thighs, just above the knee.
- Lie on your left side with your head cradled in your hand and your legs stacked on top of each other. Point both knees forward.
- Lift your right leg as high as possible, pulling against the loop. Do not allow your torso to wobble.
- At the top of your movement, perform five 1-inch pulses, and then lower down.
- Perform five to 10 sets of leg lifts on each leg, with pulses at the top of your movement.
- You can intensify this exercise by turning your leg out, so that your knee points slightly toward the sky.
