Every time you get up from a chair, walk up a flight of stairs, or walk around the block, you’re using your lower body muscles. Of course, exercising those muscles is important to keeping them strong, but that doesn’t mean it has to be a long drawn out process. In just 15 minutes, you can complete a simple, yet effective lower body strength workout that will keep your muscles fit for all those daily activities.
During this week’s episode of Club Coach of the Month, physical form founder mori summers takes you through a lower body strength workout. You can do it with two dumbbells, one Russian weights, or without any equipment. During the 15-minute class, you’ll complete two sets of four classic exercises that engage your lower-body muscles such as your glutes, quads, and hamstrings.
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You’ll start with Summer’s favorite move, the goblet squat, which targets all the muscles in your lower body. She will then perform a back lunge to really work her quads. Next, you’ll do a side lunge to engage your adductors, also known as your inner thighs. And then you’ll end up targeting the hamstrings with a split deadlift.
Summers recommends that you complete 10 to 12 repetitions of each movement. She’ll walk you through two rounds, but you’re more than welcome to stick to just one or add more sets. Just do what feels good for you and your body. Lace up your shoes, grab a towel and some water, and hit play on the video above to get going.
