Best Hip Exercises To Do At Home

There are so many exercises for the hips that it can sometimes be difficult to choose the best ones. Here are 5 of the best hip exercises to do at home that can help everyone: from weightlifters, hikers and runners to seniors and people with arthritis.

Before starting a workout, always warm up the large muscles around your hips.

This stimulates blood circulation and relaxes in addition to stimulating these muscles before moving on to more dynamic exercises.

Choose the exercises best suited to your fitness level and goals and incorporate them into your training program. If you have any health problems, talk to your doctor before starting a new exercise program.

the best hip exercises to do at home

– Side lunges

Often overlooked, side lunges are incredibly effective at engaging the muscles you rarely work: those in the inner and outer thighs, as well as those in the hips.

Bend at the knee as you push your hips back to assume a squat position. The opposite leg remains straight. You will need to lean forward a little, bending your hips, while keeping your torso straight and your chest open, so as to maintain the natural arch of your back.

Your feet are parallel and well anchored to the ground. Bring your hands together and place them in front of your chest.

– The bridge and the lift of the legs

Lie on your back with your knees bent. Tighten the glutes, stomach and pelvic floor. Lift the hips up until the trunk is aligned with the legs.

When you have reached the bridge position, hold this position for 2-3 seconds, then come back down.

Perform 10 to 20 repetitions, making sure to breathe well throughout the exercise.

– The climber

Put your hands apart on the ground, stretch your legs back and place your tiptoes on the ground.

The body is then positioned parallel to the ground without touching it, like the raised position when doing push-ups. The back is straight, the belly tucked in, the abdominals and the buttocks sheathed, the posture fixed.

Resting on the limbs, while keeping the body well tense, give an impulse by bringing one leg forward, bending the knee. It is then put back towards the back by relaxing it. We repeat the same with the leg on the opposite side and so on.

– Squats

This is the perfect exercise to get shapely legs and hips. The squat is also great for losing weight quickly, if that’s what you want.

All muscle groups being solicited, it requires a high energy expenditure and allows to refine the hips and thighs. You don’t need dumbbells, you can do squats with just your body weight.

To make the exercise more difficult, you can use elastic bands to increase the resistance.

– The burpees

A complete and intense exercise, burpees are undoubtedly one of the most effective ways to engage the work of the hips.

The exercise consists of squatting, extending the legs backwards, then bending the arms (“push-up” type), before leaping forward again, ending with an extended jump. Depending on your level of practice, the push-up movement and the last jump are not mandatory.

The idea is then to repeat this sequence several times in order to sufficiently mobilize your muscles and your cardiovascular system to benefit from maximum efficiency.

For example, you can start by doing 4 sets of 8 burpees, with 2 minutes of recovery between each set.

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