Walking High Knees
Walking High Knees boosts lower-body endurance and strength, improves coordination, and strengthens the abdominal muscles. This exercise primarily targets the quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, glutes, and hip flexors.
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Walking Knee Hugs
Walking Knee Hugs is a good warm-up exercise to start any physical activity. It targets your abs, challenges your core, helps to trim and tone your waist, and improves mobility and flexibility in the glutes and hamstrings.
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Instructions
- Stand tall, legs straight, arms at your sides.
- Lift one knee, raising it as high as you can. Grab it with both hands and gently pull it a little higher, pressing it against your body. Then slowly lower to repeat on the opposite side. Each step should move you forward a little.
Tips
- Do not lean too far forward during the exercise. Keep your chest up and your shoulders back throughout the movement.
- During the exercise, try to keep the supporting leg completely straight.
Alternative Exercises
Walking Leg Cradles
Walking Leg Cradles is a dynamic stretching exercise usually used as a warm-up prior to a leg workout. This workout promotes mobility in the hips and provides a stability challenge as you stand on one leg to perform the exercise.
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