If you’re looking for a simple but effective core exercise that supports strength, posture, and balance, the alternating side plank is an excellent addition to your routine. Unlike crunches or high-impact movements, this exercise challenges the deep core muscles while also improving shoulder stability and coordination. It’s particularly useful for busy women who want practical,Continue reading “How to Do an Alternating Side Plank Exercise Safely and Effectively”
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Side Squat Exercise: A Practical Way to Build Strength, Balance and Mobility After 40
If you spend much of your day sitting at a desk, notice stiffness through your hips, or struggle to fit regular movement into a busy schedule, side squats can be a genuinely useful exercise to include in your week. Unlike traditional squats, which mainly move the body forwards and backwards, side squats introduce lateral movement.Continue reading “Side Squat Exercise: A Practical Way to Build Strength, Balance and Mobility After 40”
Overhead Tricep Extension: A Simple Exercise to Build Strength and Support Healthy Ageing
If you want to build stronger arms, improve upper-body strength and feel more confident with everyday movements, the overhead tricep extension is a simple exercise well worth including in your routine. It targets the triceps — the muscles at the back of the upper arms — while also encouraging shoulder stability, posture and overall upper-bodyContinue reading “Overhead Tricep Extension: A Simple Exercise to Build Strength and Support Healthy Ageing”
Glute Kickbacks Exercise: A Simple Way to Strengthen Your Glutes
If you’re looking for a straightforward exercise that helps build lower-body strength without needing a gym full of equipment, glute kickbacks are a great place to begin. This simple movement targets the muscles around your hips and bottom, helping to support everyday activities such as walking, climbing stairs and standing with better posture. It’s particularlyContinue reading “Glute Kickbacks Exercise: A Simple Way to Strengthen Your Glutes”
How to Do V-Sits: A Powerful Core Strength Exercise for Women 40+
Looking for an effective way to strengthen your core without any equipment? The V-sits exercise is a challenging but highly effective bodyweight movement that works the abdominal muscles while also improving balance, stability and overall body control. It can be done almost anywhere, making it a practical option for busy women who want to fitContinue reading “How to Do V-Sits: A Powerful Core Strength Exercise for Women 40+”
Press and Lift Exercise: Strengthen Your Glutes, Core and Upper Body
If you’re short on time but still want your workouts to feel worthwhile, the press and lift exercise is well worth considering. This effective movement combines a glute bridge with a dumbbell chest press, allowing you to work your lower body, upper body and core all at once. It’s a practical way to build strength,Continue reading “Press and Lift Exercise: Strengthen Your Glutes, Core and Upper Body”
Mason Twist Exercise: How to Strengthen Your Core Safely and Effectively
A strong core is about much more than achieving toned abs. The muscles around your midsection play an important role in supporting posture, balance, stability and everyday movement. Whether you’re carrying shopping bags, walking the dog, lifting grandchildren or spending long hours at a desk, your core helps you move with greater confidence and control.Continue reading “Mason Twist Exercise: How to Strengthen Your Core Safely and Effectively”
The Glute Bridge
This exercise is fantastic for shaping and strengthening your glutes. It also engages your core which helps to strengthen your lower back. So this exercise is perfect to do after you have done an intense ab workout. I used to suffer from lower back pain each time I performed an ab exercise and this hasContinue reading “The Glute Bridge”
knee to elbow plank
This exercise strengthens your wrists, shoulders, arms, your core and especially targets your obliques which are often over looked. We spend so much time on our abs but forget to work our obliques. Start in a plank position keeping your back flat. Pull your left knee into your left elbow and alternate sides. Do 3Continue reading “knee to elbow plank”
Plank with a leg raise
This exercise strengthens your wrists, arms, shoulders, core and glutes. Start by positioning yourself in a plank position. Engage your core and raise your right leg up into the air squeezing your glutes and hold for as long as you can. Do 3 sets of 8-10 reps on each leg. If the plank position isContinue reading “Plank with a leg raise”