Scissor Kicks
A core and hip-flexor exercise alternating crossing leg motions, challenging the lower abs, coordination, and trunk stability while maintaining controlled breathing.
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Side-To-Side Lunge Chops
Side-To-Side Lunge Chops is a do-anywhere type of exercise that targets obliques and core. However, Obliques, core, shoulders, and lower back are also involved.
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Instructions
- Stand with your feet together, arms crossed above your head. Take a big step to the side, lowering your hips to the floor and bending the knee of your front leg, keeping your back leg as straight as possible. Lower both arms to the front foot.
- Push with your front foot to return to the starting position.
Tips
- Keep your chest up and your back straight as you reach the floor.
Alternative Exercises
Glute Bridges
A posterior-chain exercise performed on the floor to lift the hips using bodyweight, targeting the glutes and hamstrings while improving hip strength, stability, and activation.
Low Side-To-Side Lunge
Low Side-To-Side Lunge is a great exercise because it works the sides of the glutes (the gluteus medius), which are essential stabilizer muscles for the hip joint. This exercise provides strength on both sides of the body.
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