5 Lower-Body Workouts for Women Over 50
Stiff-Legged Dead Lift
Keep your feet hip-width apart and your hands toward
s your thighs while you grasp a dumbbell in each hand.
Stiff-Legged Dead
Lift
While maintaining your back straight and your knees
slightly bent, drop the weights until they are almost touching the floor as you squat.
Squat to Leg Raise
Separate your feet to hip-width, bend your elbows, a
nd grip a dumbbell in each hand an added difficulty.
Squat to Leg Raise
Slight outward pointing of the toes. Sit back as if
you were about to tap your hips on a stool behind you.
Crossover Kick
You should be on all fours with a dumbbell tucked be
hind your left knee.
Crossover Kick
Pull your abs in as you lift your left leg straight
up, foot flexed, until your thigh is parallel to the floor.
Hip Check
Weakness in the gluteus medius, in particular, is qu
ite frequent.
Hip Check
Use this simple test to see whether you’re right: In
front of a mirror, stand with one leg up to hip height.
Hip Check
A yardstick laid across the top of your pelvis and r
esting on top of your front hip bones should be parallel to the floor.
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