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5 MOST EFFECTIVE THIGH EXERCISES elitefitness.ae
01 WEIGHTED INNER-THIGH LIFT
Lie on your right side with your right elbow bent below your shoulder and your left hand behind your head. Extend both legs out and then bend your left knee up to the ceiling, placing the bottom of your left foot on the inside of your right knee. Hover your right leg slightly off the floor with your foot flexed. Next, engage your inner thigh to lift your right leg higher. Slowly lower your leg back to hover above the floor.
02 LUNGES WITH DUMBBELLS
Stand with your feet hip-width apart, holding a 5- or 8-pound dumbbell in each hand. Lunge forward with your left leg, then straighten your leg. When you lunge, your right knee should come to about an inch above the ground without touching it. Keep your torso perpendicular to the floor, with your weight evenly distributed between your legs. Align your front knee over your front ankle, keeping the weight in your heels instead of on your toes. Continue these lunges for 30 seconds before switching sides and doing another 30 seconds on the other leg.
03 THE SINGLE- LEG CIRCLE
Lie back on the mat with your arms by your sides and your palms facing down. Begin by pointing with your left foot, as if reaching out with your toes toward the ceiling, and rotate your leg slightly outward. Inhale, and trace a circle on the ceiling with your left leg, moving your whole leg, but keeping your hips still. Don't lift your left hip off the floor. Trace the circle on the ceiling 5 times in a clockwise direction. Repeat in a counter-clockwise direction. Switch legs and repeat 5 times.
04 SIDE SHUFFLE SWITCH
Stand with your feet together, arms by your sides. Shuffle swiftly to your right by taking three quick steps to the side (right, left, right), and then lift your left knee up, swinging your right arm forward. Immediately reverse your shuffle (left, right, left) and land with your right knee up, left knee bent, swinging your right arm forward. Repeat 20 times in a row as fast as you can, alternating sides.
05 DEEP SQUATS
Hold one in each hand. Now spread your legs slightly more than shoulder-width apart with your feet flat and your toes pointed slightly outward. Squat down slowly and hold the position for three seconds before moving back to the starting position