One of the most important muscle groups to target for better running: your glutes. These 10 glute strengthening exercises get you strong to sidestep injury.
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The best lower body exercise for women doesn’t rely on the availability of a health club’s machines. If you want to reshape and resize the lower part of your body then all you really need is a gender-appropriate and well-structured exercise program that you can do from home. Using a few simple targeted bodyweight exercises you can produce visible and sustainable changes in your entire lower body. There are many simple lower body exercises for women that can be done just about anywhere. Below are three examples of easy bodyweight exercises.
3 Lower Body Exercises for Women
It s no secret that sitting for long stretches isn t great for your body. Research has linked it to heart disease, obesity, diabetes, even cancer. But there s another health risk from sitting all day that most people don t know about: gluteal amnesia, or dead butt syndrome.
It almost sounds like a joke, but it s not uncommon, says Andrew Bang, a chiropractor at the Cleveland Clinic s Wellness Institute: I see the injury all the time in varying degrees.
Dead butt syndrome develops when the gluteus medius one of the three main muscles in the booty stops firing correctly. That can happen if you spend too much time parked in a chair, explains Kristen Schuyten, a physical therapist at Michigan Medicine. But it can also occur in very active individuals who just don t engage the glute muscles enough, she adds.