Leg Conditioning

Work out your legs in the comfort of your own home!

Leg lifts

You don't need ankle weights, but you can use them if you have them. Grab the kitchen table; keep your chest straight. Lift one leg up (knee straight) to the side. Then put it back down. Keep doing this for fifteen minutes; then switch and do the other leg. Up and down; up and down. Feel the burn in your hips and legs.

You can also sit on the floor in a straddle (or pike). Put your hands in the middle of your legs past your knees. Lean your chest forward. Lift your heels off of the floor and then put them back down. Try to do 50 in a row.

Or lay on your side. Kick one leg sideways up in the air. Then put it back down. Do this for fifteen minutes, then switch sides.

Lunges

A great "at home" workout exercise for your legs are lunges. You have one leg out in front, one in back. Bend your knees and lunge toward the ground. Then straighten your legs and jump and switch legs (your back leg comes in front, your front leg goes in back). Then you bend your knees again and lunge down to the ground and repeat the process. I have found that 100 of these in a row does the trick. Work your way up to 100. You won't be able to do it at first; your legs will be huring the next day. Do this exercise atleast once a week; do it more than that if possible. You don't have to touch your back knee to the ground, especially if it is a hard surface.

Leg Conditioning

Wednesday, November 21, 2007