Video: Horsies Cuff Exercises

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Using exercise cuffs for horsies is a great way to increase your workout. Learn how to do horsies using exercise cuffs with tips from a personal trainer in this free fitness video.

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In this clip, we're going to be doing horsies with the cuffs. Just slowly come down on the mat. I already have me exercuffs on. So you can put them on if you don't already have them on once you're on the mat. Okay. Now, you have your palms down on the mat, back fairly flat. What we're going to mimic is getting on and off a horse. Utilizing that exercise to strengthen and tone the hip flexers, the gluts and the quads. So what we're going to do first is going to get on the horse. So you are going to extend out and bring in. Extend the leg back, rotate out and press. Bring it in and extend out. In and extend. Nice and slow, controlled movements. Okay. Now. Now that we got on our horse, we have to get off the horse. So you're going to bring the knee forward, rotate the hip out and back. Knee in, rotate out and back. Okay. Now remember with this exercise you also change your hand options. You can come down on your forearms if this happens to bother your wrists. We're going to go ahead and get on the horse. Bring our leg in and extend. Now that we got on the horse, we have to get off. Knee forward, rotate out, extend the leg back. Get on the horse ten times. Bring your leg towards the center of your body. Then getting of the horse ten times. Bring the leg away from the body and then switch sides.

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Horsies Cuff Exercises

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