Buns of Steel & Legs That Kill Workout

Buns of Steel & Legs That Kill Workout

Directions: Complete the following workout 3 days per week. Complete each exerise for 3 sets of the prescribed repetitions.

10 Single Leg Glute Bridges (Alternating)

• Lie on your back with your knees bent so that your feet are flat on the ground.
• Press up through the feet to go into a “bridge” so that your bodyweight rests in your feet and shoulders.
• While in this position, extend one leg completely before placing it back down on the floor while lowering your body from the bridge.
• Alternate which leg extends each time you go up into the bridge.
• The backs of thighs (hamstrings) and glutes are the main targets during the bridge, while you will feel the leg extension in your quadriceps.

15 Glute Bridges 

• Lie faceup on the floor with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor.
• Raise your hips so your body forms as straight line from your shoulders to your knees.
• Pause in the up position, then lower your body back to the starting position.

25 Donkey Kicks

• Start on all fours, with your hands directly under your shoulders and your knees directly under your hips.
• Keep your right knee at a 90-degree angle as you slowly raise your leg behind you until your thigh is almost parallel to the floor. Pulse your flexed foot toward the ceiling by squeezing your glutes. Your back should remain perfectly still in a neutral spine. The motion should be small and controlled with the muscle doing the work and not momentum.
• Return to start position to complete one rep.

15 Fire Hydrants

• Place your body on an all-fours position. Elbows should be slightly bent.
• Back should be parallel to the ground, not arched or swayed downward.
• Keeping the kneeling position raise left leg out to the side, parallel to the ground. Maintain for a second and slowly return to the initial position.
• Repeat movement with same leg until set is finished. Repeat the exercise using the right leg.

25 Lunge Kicks

• Stand with feet hip-width apart, arms by sides, elbows bent.
• Lunge forward with left leg while swinging right arm forward and left arm back.
• This completes one rep. Alternate sides.

20 Squat Jumps

• Squat down until your knees are bent about 90 degrees.
•  Immediately swing your arms overhead and jump upward as high as you can.
• As you land, gently bend your knees and sink back down into the squat position.

30 Sumo Squats

• Stand with your feet wider than hip-width apart, toes slightly turned out, holding a medicine ball in front of your chest.
• Squat down as low as you can, keeping your heels on the ground and your back straight.
• Press back up to standing. That's one rep.