Fitness tip: Target hamstrings & glutes

[Music] Hi everybody, it's Shashana with Action News's fitness tip. I'm at the AB apartments in King of Pressia. Let's get to work on the hamstrings and the glutes. And what I love about this particular exercise that I do very often, especially with my personal training clients that might have some knee issues that maybe can't lunge or can't squat, right? Everybody sometimes has a little bit of ailments there or a previous injury. This targets your hamstrings and your glutes without putting any pressure on the knees. You want to see it? Let's get to work. I'm tucking this weight right behind my left knee first. Doesn't matter which leg you start with. That's your choice. I'm going to start with my left and we're going to get into a tabletop position. Right? So, one thing is for sure. I don't want to see your back arch and I don't want to see it round either. Right? So, we want to have a neutral neck and spine. I retract my shoulders down. Strong in the arms. My arms are always straight and I'm going to keep my core engaged the whole time. So, we're just going to float this left leg up, right? And I want you to get it high enough to where you feel your hamstring and your glute contract. And then we're going to just bring it down to the ground and we're going to go out to the side into a hydrant where we target our outer glutes as well. And back down. So, we lift and lower to the side and back down. So, we're keeping our core engaged. Really focus on hugging that weight, bringing that heel close to your booty here. 15 on the left, 15 on the right. This is an exercise that literally anybody can do. And guess what? You can even do it with just body weight. If you're a beginner, it's perfectly fine to just do this with body weight, right? So, we want a little bit of an increase in reps, right? 15 three different times. So, three sets of 15 on each side. And you want to make sure you're choosing a weight if you are using a weight that is substantial that when you're doing after maybe five or six reps, you're really starting to feel that muscle work, that's your that's your that's your weight. That's the one you got to choose. Okay. So, we want to challenge ourselves. This is a great exercise that I do often, my clients do often. It's the best and it, you know, makes everything tighter and stronger. It's a win-win. Give it a try today.