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Summer Shorts? Leg Toning Mini Workout

Who wants to be wearing shorts this summer? It’s not too late to tone up those legs! Here’s a quick and easy, well, not easy to do, but easy to follow mini leg workout.

 

Use the audio program from Female Fat Loss Over 40, or a timer of some sort:

 

20/10 timed set:

 

Do 20 seconds of reverse lunge with the left leg. Follow with 10 seconds of squats.

Do 20 seconds of reverse lunge with the right leg. Follow with 10 seconds of squats.

Do 20 seconds of reverse lunge/hold with the left leg. Follow with 10 seconds of pulsing squats.

Do 20 seconds of reverse lunge/hold with the right leg. Follow with 10 seconds of pulsing squats.

Reverse lunge
prisoner squat

Repeat this sequence twice through for a total of 4 minutes. Rest one minute and repeat.

 

This is a 9 minute leg liquidizer.

 

Follow this with this high intensity interval:

 

Do 20 seconds of prisoner squats. Follow with 10 seconds of squat jumps.

Squat jump 1
squat jump 2

Repeat this 8 times for 4 minutes of ‘fun’! Your legs will look better than ever in no time.

 

 

 

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Posted in Workouts by Shawna 4 Comments

4 Responses to "Summer Shorts? Leg Toning Mini Workout"

  • admin says:
    May 27, 2010 at 1:30 am

    Jen writes:

    Hi Shawna,
    Thank you. For the reverse lunge/hold in your leg toning mini workout, do I just lunge back then hold it there for 20 seconds? Also, should this workout be done on alternate days or consecutive days?

    Thanks,
    Jen

  • admin says:
    May 27, 2010 at 1:31 am

    Jennifer,
    To be clear, you would do the reverse lunge for 20 sec and then a squat for 10 (twice, once for each leg).
    Follow this with a reverse lunge hold for 20 sec and a pulsing squat for 10 (again, once for each leg).

    So, you end up doing the rev lunge and the rev lunge hold. Does that make sense?

    Since you would be doing this with lighter weights, it could be done on consecutive days, but I’m an advocate of shaking up your program and trying to do something different everyday. Go to the ‘workout’ category on the blog and you’ll find other mini workouts to do, or my program has more variety than ever. You never really want to repeat the exact same workout within a short period.

    Hope that helps!
    Shawna

  • Robin Lopez says:
    June 16, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    That is very cool that you offer this w.o. I am a strength trainer for women, of all ages and I use similiar workouts with my clients. I can tell you that this type of workout is very effective and my clients are seeing amazing results with Short and intense! Thanks again, Shawna

    Keep up the good work,

    Robin Lopez

  • Shawna says:
    June 16, 2010 at 10:18 pm

    Thanks for this comment Robin, It’s good to hear that others find these techniques useful and effective!