What's the secret to strong hips and thighs? One word: squats! Try these six power moves to get in better shape in no time.
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What's the secret to strong hips and thighs? One word: squats! Try these six power moves to get in better shape in no time.
Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a commission from your purchases.
With these simple moves, trainer Patrick Streit demonstrates a workout that could start changing your body within a week, and over the next month. Time to get started:
What it does: Strengthens all the muscles in your hips and thighs while developing core stability.
Form tip: To avoid injuring the knees, do not bounce when coming up out of the squat. Here are some upper-body exercises you can do with dumbbells.
You can also get full-body, mix-and-match workouts to help you burn fat, tone muscle, and reboot your body in my new book 60 Second Sweat.
What it does: Strengthens all the muscles in your hips and thighs while developing core stability.
Form tip: To avoid injuring the knees, do not bounce when coming up out of the squat. To squeeze even more out of this move, check out 10 ways to upgrade your squats.
What it does: Strengthens all the muscles in your hips and thighs.
Form tip: To avoid injuring your lower back, make sure you lead with your chest—not allowing your hips to come up first—when coming up out of the squat. Try these moves to ease back pain.
What it does: Strengthens all the muscles in your hips and thighs.
Form tip: To avoid injuring your back, keep your back straight and do not allow your elbows to dip down toward the floor. (To work on your squat mobility, try doing the duck walk.)
What it does: Strengthens all the muscles in your hips and thighs while developing total-body power and explosiveness.
Form tip: To protect your knees, avoid landing on the balls of your feet. Instead, land on your whole foot with your weight evenly distributed. (Here’s why you might have knee pain when squatting.)
What it does: Strengthens the muscles in the front of your thighs.
Form tip: To intensify this exercise, push your feet into the floor as though you were trying to straighten your legs. Next, try the 10-minute lower body workout you can do every day.
My book 60 Second Sweat uses HIIT and metabolic resistance training (MRT) to help you burn fat and build muscle in less time.