Move of the Week
What it is:
Single-Leg Lift
How to do it:
Start with feet together in parallel, spine stacked, and ab muscles engaged. Shift your weight into the heel of your right foot. While keeping a flat back and abs engaged, hinge from your hips to squeeze and lift your left leg straight back. Move through this movement very slowly. The goal here is to keep your head and your left foot in one straight line. Once you have lifted your leg no higher than hip level, slowly return your left leg to its starting position and reset to repeat for multiple reps. The standing leg should always have a soft bend and the leg that is lifting should be as straight as possible.
Where to feel it:
We will feel this move in our standing leg, however, we want to activate the glute muscles of the leg that’s lifting. It is hella common for beginners to solely feel this move in the standing leg because all of your weight is supported by this leg. To feel this more in your lifting leg, focus on opening the chest, maintaining a flat back, and lifting out of the right hip. Notice that just by growing taller in your upper body, you are able to increase the engagement in your working leg.
How often:
This is a bomb-ass move for balance and core strength. We usually do 15 reps of each leg in 3 sets. For best results, perform 3 sets on each leg 2-3 times a week.
