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hey guys I'm Kelly from
fitnessblender.com and today I have a
button thigh workout for you that
doesn't use any equipment at all meaning
you can do this anywhere I haven't
included your warmup or your cool down
so make sure you get each of those in on
your own otherwise let's go ahead and
get started all right guys we are doing
50 seconds on with 10 seconds rest so
it's a nice quick transition here we're
starting off with a basic s squats so
you're going to have your feet about
shoulder width apart and you're going to
keep your back nice and flat as you sink
down you're going to start that
engagement at the hips so stick your
butt up behind you and then sink down
like I said keeping your back nice and
flat and the majority of your weight in
your heels squeeze those glutes on the
way up and keep your stomach pulled in
nice and tight so I'm using no equipment
at all for this today if you want to
stuff up the challenge it's definitely
uh an even better workout if you add
weight so whatever weight challenges you
so like I said these are 50 second
intervals relatively long intervals so
if you need to take a break go ahead and
do that just make sure that your form is
staying nice and
clean just make sure you're not holding
your breath a good breathing pattern is
to breathe in and then exhale during the
hardest part so inhale on the way down
exhale as you push yourself back
up all right in about 5 Seconds we're
going to s switch to a side step
squat so during our breaks they're only
10 seconds but we're moving do at least
kind of a boxer Shuffle or March in
place just keep your heart rate up an
active rest here all right next up we're
squatting down and just stepping side to
side so you want to stay low the entire
time your butt stuck out behind you and
you're using nice smooth motions to
really burn out those muscles just
staying low the entire time if you need
to you can squat to the side and stand
up for a quick
break just do whatever you need to to
challenge
yourself like I said if you want to hold
on to weights and get even more benefit
out of these
exercises nice and low back flat keep
your eyes up make sure you're not
rounding your shoulders over
yourself 10 seconds
left so once you're familiar with the
moves here feel free to turn on music
that motivates you it makes it Go by a
lot
faster helps distract you from the
burning muscles all right next upep
we're going to be doing reverse lunges
shake those legs out keep
moving all right so right here we're
stepping back and behind your body and
come back up so try to keep the weight
evenly dispersed between those two feet
and just like before you want to keep
good posture so make sure you're not
rounding your
shoulders or holding your breath
remember inhale on the way down exhale
as you press back up
so you don't have to move at the same
Pace as me do it however quickly or
slowly as you need to do keep in mind
that speed is not necessarily a benefit
here you can feel these sometimes even
more if you slow it
down all right 5 seconds
left so next up we're going to be doing
jump squats so these are all uh optional
jumping so if you want to keep it low
impact if you have neighbors below go
ahead and cut out the
jump otherwise this is 50 seconds of
jump squats so it's a definite burnout
round so once you get tired let's go
ahead and cut out the
jumps you can also do a combination if
you're kind of warming yourself up to
jump squats do one sink down do a
regular one and then explode up the next
time kind of helps you build up the
endurance
to be able to make it all the way
through the interval without sacrificing
your
form over
halfway keep it
going 10
seconds all right so our next interval
please don't hate me your butt muscles
are going to love me but you might not
like me right now we're going to be
doing a squat hold so we're going to
sink down to a
squat keep everything nice and tight and
then just freeze so as low as you can
get make sure that you are actually
sinking your butt a lot of people kind
of tend to squat like this and you're
not doing anything for your lower body
that way so try to keep your butt low
pull in your core it's going to want to
relax here but try to stay disciplined
and keep it nice and tight
oh my goodness this is just mean it's
going to feel really good when we're
done just keep going try to can put in a
little bit of a balance there but keep
it nice and
smooth it's about 10 seconds
left don't hold your
breath 5
Seconds three two one oh my gosh okay
next up we have a curtsy lunge
so if you're still standing we're going
to be stepping back and behind
ourselves for a sort of lunge that uh
targets the button thighs in a different
way so back and behind the
body standing up nice and
Tall keep it going
here's our halfway
point we're just a few minutes away from
a water
break hang in there keep your form solid
think strong squeeze all of your
muscles all right so next up we're going
to do yet another variation here we
doing side lunges so again targeting the
butt and thighs in a totally different
angle so standing nice and tall and wide
you're going to come down to one side
and lean away from that other leg which
are going to keep
straight so this might feel like a
relatively small range of
motion just make sure that you're really
focusing on isolating this side when you
come down to it you should feel that
side working harder
particularly glutes
quads hamstrings and the outside thigh
so again back nice and flat you want to
make sure that you're protecting your
back here think of pulling your stomach
your belly button in towards your spine
help protect your
back 10 seconds
left and then we're going be doing a
squat P the front
kick all right shake them out
Out steal an extra nice deep breath here
on your rest
period all right so for this one
squatting down and coming up and kicking
in front so I want you to try to think
of once you're down here try to think of
lifting your foot up off the ground as
soon as you can so that you actually get
some isolated work on each side so as
you get more comfortable it's kind of
like baby stepping your way to a pistol
squat or a single leg squat so just
focus on like I said it'll challenge
your balance and your and your
core so just try to focus on as you come
up put more weight in that stabilizing
leg for that
kick so you're definitely working your
core too because you got to keep
yourself nice and tight here it's a
supporting muscle all the way through
this workout it's a way better workout
for your core than crunches will ever
be all right here we go so
next up we have ski squats plus an
outside raise so going to stand nice and
close for this as close as you
comfortably can using all those same
rules of regular squat so you're sinking
down lifting out this time
so pulling your core back nice and flat
weight in your heels the only thing
we've changed is our stance we're
standing nice and narrow this time and
for that side leg raise try your best to
not use any momentum at all you want to
be completely in charge of that movement
it'll teach you balance work your
core and you're not just using momentum
otherwise you're kind of cheating and
it's not nearly as
effective so keep in mind that you're
doing everything really
deliberately no accidents
here keep it going 10 seconds
left three two and one all right so last
two uh are kind of intense so we're
going to be doing a lunge pulse so this
is another burnout round so if you need
to be sure to break out of that and
shake your legs out but we're just
coming to that
lunge and just freezing or you can like
I said put in a slight pulse but you're
making sure that it's not jerky it's
really
controlled
smooth movements
here pull in your core make sure your
posture is good and then just enjoy the
burn just take it as long as you can try
to distract yourself focus on your
breathing staying down as long as you
can if you need to at any point you can
stop and shake your legs
out keep it
going under 10
seconds two and
one okay sh shake them out real quick
like now have to do that on the opposite
side and then we're going to move to our
Pilates section which is going to be uh
challenging and totally different way
sinking down nice and low same thing
keep your posture clean staying up nice
and upright pulling in your core keep
those weight between the two heels or
the two feet try not to make sure try to
make sure that you're not favoring one
foot over the other significantly
pull in your core like I said it's going
to try to relax as you go so try to keep
it nice and tight it's good
practice 20 seconds
left quick break go on without me if you
can woo okay so we are over halfway done
with this routine grab a quick drink of
water but don't go too far and we'll
finish up with the second half in just a
second all right we are going to burn
out those muscles with a final few
Pilates moves so we're going to start
off with a reverse rear leg lift so
you're going to put your weight in your
forearms and your knees and we be
starting by lifting that leg up towards
the ceiling so right here going to just
poke a hole in the ceiling with your
foot so again you want to make sure that
you're not doing any swinging here take
your time let it burn pulling your core
nice and tight and really focus on
squeezing those glutes it's partially up
to you to make sure that you feel this
so squeeze be very mindful of your
movement and the way you are working
your
muscles can inhale as you drop that leg
back down exhale as you squeeze it back
up make sure that you're not opening
your hips up keep both hips facing the
ground so you're doing all glute work
here let's stay right here and pulse it
out for the next 15
seconds so you're just holding it in
that part where it burns the most and
then gently pulsing towards the
ceiling three two one all right so next
up we're going to do that on the
opposite side go and stretch out your
legs move around a little if you want
between sets otherwise get ready with
the other side here we go so same thing
make sure that you're keeping your hips
facing the ground and you're squeezing
up with those glutes
all right in about five more seconds
we're going to go with
pulses all right right here get your leg
up there and just let it stay right
there where it burns the
most pulse it up towards the ceiling
make sure you're not holding your breath
it's very tempting to do that right here
so make sure you're breathing
all right here we go so last few sets
here we going to be doing side leg
raises so I have one foot out here we're
just raising
up and lowering back to the ground so
leg nice and straight you can point your
toes for extra CR it and you should feel
this through your outside thigh
especially so no momentum I see a lot of
people do these and they just kind of
throw their limbs all over the place
you're going to get a lot more benefit
is going to hurt a lot more in a good
way if you take your time and really uh
intentionally move that leg up and down
can also add uh ankle weight to this
part if you want to step step of the
challenge even more all right so right
here we're 15 seconds let's go ahead and
do pulses here too so wherever you feel
the most work coming from those legs
stick it out there and then just hover
just pulse right in that really
relatively painful spot just ride it out
okay that's so shaking muscles over here
all right so we going to do that same
thing on the other
side so get comfortable here with that
toe and here we
go all
right just keep it up just like that
like I said this is the part where it's
nice to have some music to keep you
motivated I know this is an awfully
quiet right white room so music helps
keep the motivation up I usually have
music blaring for all my workouts I use
our own videos it's just that I usually
drown us out with music all right right
here so we're going to pulse last 15
seconds nice and
smooth breathe through
it three two one all right so next up
we're going to do the same thing with
the inside thigh so we're going to be
laying here flat and lifting this thigh
up on the inside so there's a couple
different ways you can do this but do
the way that feels most comfortable to
you otherwise just lifting up it's going
to be a small range of motion Point your
toes and just get comfortable with the
discomfort so you should feel this in
your inner thigh no real pain but you
should definitely have those muscles be
talking to you especially towards the
end of this
interval just like with the other
exercises helps to get in a breathing
pattern so you can inhale as you drop
your leg back down and exhale as you
pull it back
up all right couple seconds I'm going to
stick with those pulses so right here
pulsing just like with the other ones
really small range of motion nice and
smooth and
controlled just let those muscles
burn two and one all right so next up
the other side we have just 3 minutes of
work left so if you're hanging with me
still good job all right here we go
inside thigh Point your
toe nice slow controlled
raises so I would love to know what you
thought of this routine I know
especially the beginning was a little
bit I was a little crazy on those
muscles I felt that so I'm curious if
you guys did as well I took about a week
off for rest and kind of just spending
some time with friends so it feels
really good to get back into exercising
sometimes you need more rest than you do
exercise it's important not to
overtrain 5 seconds left oh and I missed
our I missed our pulses so we're going
to hang out here and and pulse through
our break so keep it going go for
another 5
Seconds all right so next up we're going
to be doing a bridge see I'm talking too
much I'm sorry guys all right so right
here heels on the ground pressing up
through those heels get getting your
back and your glutes off the ground so
you should feel this in your glutes in
your butt and the back of your thigh as
well as your the back uh your back your
lower back a little bit so if you want
to you can make this harder by putting
your hands in the air just requires a
little bit more balance and you can also
switch to a single leg bridge if you
want to alternate back and forth so pick
your difficulty level we have just a
couple more minutes left
here two
one all right we have one more active
interval left if you want just hang out
here keep an active rest period by
keeping uh that bridge position going
otherwise next we're going to be doing
Bridge kicks so same position but you're
going to keep your hips raised as you
extend one of your legs so you should
feel this extension part in your quads
you're very heavily working your quads
here and it also puts a different um
different kind of work onto your back so
you're engaging your muscles in a
different way because you're shifting
that weight so just take your
time back and forth there and if you get
tired here just hang out in a regular
bridge last as long as you can before
you drop to the
ground keep it going about 10 seconds
left try to make sure that those hips
are not sinking you're going to get
tired and you're going to start to sink
towards the mat so try to press up the
entire
time and there we go okay guys so if you
are not moving on to another routine
right now make sure that you cool down
and stretch you want to really focus on
your quads your hamstrings your glutes
and your lower back especially you do
not want to skip that cool down
otherwise good job guys this workout is
complete
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