Exercise: Trusty Side Kick
SqueezeItIn.com GirlsDone regularly, these subtle moves are the everyday superheroes of slimming and trimming. Keep this Trusty Side Kick at the ready as your secret weapon in the fight against flab.
Face forward in front of your countertop, stove or sink. Keeping your right leg and knee straight slowly raise your left leg out to the side. Raise it high enough to feel a good stretch in your glutes and thigh, but not so high that your hips come out of alignment. (See photo of Jenny with Elizabeth Marcotte of Let’s Dish.) Your toes, hips and shoulders should stay facing forward throughout this movement. Remember to engage your core (squeeze in your abs) during this exercise.
Hold leg up and squeeze glute (buttock) for a 3-count of “Squeeze-It-In.”
Slowly lower your leg back to starting position but do not let your foot touch the floor. (See photo.)
Continue to raise and lower leg for a set of 12 and then switch legs. Continue until you have completed 2 sets of 12 on each leg.
Variations: Extend leg out slowly for a 3-count of “Squeeze-It-In” and bring it back down slowly for a 3-count of “Squeeze-It-In”.
Reminder: These toning exercises are most effective when combined with cardio. Add enough cardio to round out a 10-minute burst of activity. Three of these “bursts” throughout the day will equal one 30-minute workout.
You would have laughed to see me “squeezing it in” at the airports in Pittsburgh and Baltimore yesterday tho I did keep it fairly subtle so the TSA did not wonder too much.
This is fun.
I never would have thought of doing this! What a neat tip. I have to tell my daughter about this. She works retail behind a cash register all day and doesn’t do a lot of moving around.
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