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Leg lift while lying on your side

Legs Bodyweight

About this exercise

"Leg lift while lying on your side" targets the Legs muscle group, suitable for beginners. The main load falls on: Inner Thighs. Equipment needed: Bodyweight.

Description

An exercise for working out the middle and small gluteal muscles (lateral surface of the thigh).

Instructions

1. Lie on your side, straighten your legs, one on top of the other. Lean on your elbow.
2. As you exhale, lift your upper leg as high as possible.
3. As you inhale, slowly lower it without placing it on the bottom one.

Muscles worked

Primary

Inner Thighs
Inner Thighs

Secondary

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Warnings

1. Do not turn the body forward or backward.2. Don't make any jerks.3. Lift your leg using your thigh muscles, not inertia.

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