Leg Lift
Exercise Data
Main Muscle Worked: Glutes
Other Muscles Worked: Hamstrings
Equipment: BodyOnly
Mechanics Type: Isolation
Video Guide: Windows Media - MPEG
Tips: Grabbing the top of a chair back to brace yourself, stand up straight, lift one leg behind you while keeping the other leg straight. Bring the raised leg back to the floor and raise it again for 10 repetitions. Then do the same for the other leg. Concentrate on flexing the glutes to that you feel them do the work. This should begin to tighten and firm these muscles.
One-Legged Cable Kickback
Exercise Data
Main Muscle Worked: Glutes
Other Muscles Worked: Hamstrings
Equipment: Cable
Mechanics Type: Isolation
Tips: The one-legged cable kickback is a great way to carve shape into those sagging buns. Hook a leather ankle cuff to a low cable pulley and then attach the cuff to your ankle. Face the weight stack from a distance of about two feet, grasping the steel frame for support. While keeping your knees and hips bent slightly and your abs tight, contract your glutes to slowly "kick" the working leg back in a semicircular arc as high as it will comfortably go. At full extension, squeeze your glutes for peak contraction. Bring your working leg forward, resisting the pull of the cable until you reach the starting position. After completing the desired number of reps, switch legs and repeat this movement for the other bun.
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