If you spend long hours sitting at a desk, find it difficult to activate your glutes during exercise or simply want a straightforward way to build lower-body strength, the glute bridge is an excellent place to start. It may look simple, but don’t underestimate it. This effective bodyweight exercise strengthens your glutes, engages your coreContinue reading “Glute Bridge Exercise: Benefits, Form & Variations for Strong Glutes”
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Plank With Leg Raise: A Simple Exercise to Strengthen Your Core and Glutes
If you’re looking for an exercise that works several muscle groups at the same time, the plank with leg raise is well worth adding to your routine. This simple bodyweight exercise takes a traditional plank and adds an extra challenge for your glutes and core. The result is an effective movement that helps build strength,Continue reading “Plank With Leg Raise: A Simple Exercise to Strengthen Your Core and Glutes”
Side Lunge Exercise: Benefits, Muscles Worked and How to Perform It Safely
The side lunge is a simple yet highly effective lower-body exercise that helps build strength, improve mobility and support better balance. Unlike a traditional forward lunge, it challenges your body to move sideways, strengthening muscles that aren’t always worked during everyday exercise. For women over 40, including lateral movements such as side lunges can beContinue reading “Side Lunge Exercise: Benefits, Muscles Worked and How to Perform It Safely”
How to Do the Plank Row Exercise
The Plank Row is a highly effective full-body exercise that combines core stability with upper-body strength in one controlled movement. By holding a strong plank position while rowing a dumbbell, you challenge your balance and coordination while strengthening your back, shoulders, arms, core and glutes. Although it may appear quite simple, the Plank Row requiresContinue reading “How to Do the Plank Row Exercise”
Glute exercise
This is a great bum shaper! It is tough which is why I like it. Start on all fours then slowly lift your left leg out to the side keeping it hip level and extend backwards, then bring it back to the side again and drop your leg back to starting position and repeat. RememberContinue reading “Glute exercise”
Side plank with a side crunch
Can you tell that planks are my favourite exercise? I find them the best for your abs and love doing all different variations. This exercise is a continuation from last weeks exercise which was a side plank with a leg raise. This side plank is a great full body shaper. It engages your core, obliques,Continue reading “Side plank with a side crunch”
Side plank with a leg raise exercise
This exercise is a great full-body shaper. It engages your core, obliques, quads, shoulders, wrists and glutes. Start by positioning yourself in the plank position. Then place your right hand in the middle of your mat and push your hips up. Your body should be in a straight line from your head to your heels.Continue reading “Side plank with a leg raise exercise”
Standing Glute kickbacks Exercise
This exercise shapes, tones and lifts your glutes. Begin by standing straight with a dumb bell in each hand. I used 4kg; you can use the weight you prefer. Start by holding your abs in tight, always to protect your lower back. Balance on your right leg and lift your left leg behind you, keepingContinue reading “Standing Glute kickbacks Exercise”
Reverse lunge with knee lift exercise
This is a great move to sculpt and define your lower body! This exercise strengthens your glutes, calves, quads and hamstrings. Start by standing straight, hands by your side, feet shoulder-width apart. Lift your right foot and take a step backwards. Bend your left knee at a 90-degree angle. Your back should be straight, chestContinue reading “Reverse lunge with knee lift exercise”