Leg Lifts for Inner Thigh Workouts

Video Transcript

"In this segment we're going to start out with your body in somewhat of a plank position. Therefore I'm meaning your hands are down in front, feet are out behind you but we're going to stay on our knees because we're going to be on one knee and we really need that for stability. If you were to put it up on your toe, then it is going to be a very difficult exercise and we're not quiet to that level yet since we're just starting working on this inner thigh. So we're going to come down on this knee here, hands directly out in front of you out in this position and just lift this leg out to the side. Now if the straight leg is too difficult for you, it is okay for you to keep your knee back because the idea is we're just doing a circle with our hip flexor here and really trying to tighten out that inner thigh. But with the straight leg you're really going to get the workout that you really want. So start out with little circles, we can go backwards to begin. You can increase those circles larger but the whole thing is controlled, we don't want to over do it. Then come in with a smaller circle. Change your repetition go around in a circle larger. And again, let's make sure that this knee has not locked out too tight because it is just not safe for our joints. You want to keep a soft knee, that's crucial in all of these workouts. So that this is slightly bent, not here but slightly bent unless we're actually going to be set where you're pulling around. But really try and get that leg out there, you can choose to flex it which will change your workout or point that toe and continue on. If you want to change this exercise, switch over to the other side and choose your repetitions wisely."