Take 15 Minutes Out Of Your Day for Great Butt and Thighs

Lower-Body Blast Workout

 

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What you'll need: a pair of 3- to 5-pound dumbbells
How it works: This workout is a circuit; perform the moves in order and then repeat the circuit to complete three sets total.
Targets: Shoulders, back, abs, butt, quads, and hamstrings
-- Stand with feet hip-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand, arms by sides.
-- Lunge back with right leg, bending both knees 90 degrees and lifting arms to shoulder level in front of you, palms down.
 

Roundhouse Combo

Targets: Arms, abs, obliques, butt, outer thighs, and inner thighs
-- Stand with left foot staggered in front of right, elbows bent by sides, fists in front of chest.
-- Step right foot toward left foot, then bring bent left knee out to side and up to hip height as you lean torso to right. Kick left leg.
 

Arabesque Kickback

Targets: Triceps, abs, butt, and hamstrings
-- Stand with feet hip-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand by hips, elbows bent; extend right leg slightly behind you, toes on floor, hinging forward slightly from hips.
 

Jump Shot

Targets: Shoulders, abs, butt, outer thighs, and inner thighs
-- Stand with feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, arms by sides.
-- Squat, bending elbows by sides; bring hands in front of chest.
-- Quickly shuffle to right twice and then back to left twice.
 

Inner-Thigh Rotate and Reach

Targets: Shoulders, triceps, abs, butt, and inner thighs
-- Stand with feet together, a dumbbell in each hand, elbows bent by sides so forearms are at waist level in front of you, palms up. Raise left leg, toes pointed out to left; this is start position.
-- Pulsing left leg up and down and keeping elbows at sides, rotate forearms out to sides.
Workout contributor by Jeanette Jenkins; Originally published in FITNESS magazine, January 2011.

Cheers,

Eve :-)