Hip Abductor Strengthening
June 2, 2010 by Kat Wendersen
Filed under Fitness Training
The following exercise is done using an exercise band. This exercise should initially be done 10 times in one set, after which you should move on to the harder style of doing it.
Fix both ends of your resistance band to something stable like a pole or table. Stand inside the loop of the band created. Bring the band to the knee area of the leg that is at the end of the loop and stand up straight pushing against the band so that it doesn’t slip off the body and gives you resistance.
With hands on hips, balance your body onto the leg with the resistance band around it, and lift the other leg up. Now move up and down, this should be difficult at first. Do 10 reps.
In the same position, to make it more advanced, when you bend down, and lean over as if you’re picking up something from the floor. Come back to the upright position and go back up. Repeat 10 times, and then switch with the other leg.
