Engage your core, sit back into a chair, push through your heels to stand back up!
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
Intermediate: 15-35lb plates on each side of the barbell
Advanced: 45-60+lb plates on each side of the barbell
*Modification: use dumbbells or a KB
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SINGLE LEG RDL (3X8)
Stand with dumbbells in hands, your back foot should only be touching the floor for stabilization, hinge your hips back as you glide the weights down to mid-shin height, squeeze your glutes and hamstrings as you stand back up. Make sure to keep a neutral spine.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner:...
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CABLE GLUTE KICKBACK (3x12) PER SIDE
Lean your chest forward, engage your core, and kick your leg backwards with the resistance of the cable. Make sure you are not arching your back, move slow & controlled & drive the weight through your glute on the kick and the return motion
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 10-20lbs
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BANDED SINGLE LEG STEPS (3x10) PER SIDE
With a resistance band around your ankles or knees, stay in a slight squat and step one foot out to the side and back in to fire up your outer glutes.
Equipment: Zero equipment