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Staying Fit
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Target Your Lower Body
A squat is one of the best lower-body exercises for targeting your gluteus, quads, hamstrings, and calves, says Bethni Lown, a trainer at The Gym in New York City. Do three of each move.
Beginner: Ball Squat
1. Standing with feet shoulder-width apart, place a stability ball between your lower back and a wall, hands on hips.
2. Bend your knees 90 degrees, making sure they don't go past your toes.
3. Return to start and complete 12 times.
Intermediate: Side-to-Side Squat
1. Stand with right side facing a step, hands on hips, right foot on top, left foot on floor.
2. Bend knees 90 degrees. Stand up and push off with right foot as you hop onto other side of step.
3. Repeat on left side, alternating 10 times.
Advanced: Crab Squat
1. Stand with feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and turned out 45 degrees.
2. Bend knees 90 degrees into a squat, keeping torso upright and knees over ankles.
3. From that position, step left foot to the right, walking sideways.
4. Take about 10 steps to the right and repeat on the left.
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Prep Your Muscles
If you're new to weight training, you'll need to strengthen your connective tissue and improve your muscular endurance before you take on the heavy weights -- both to prevent injury and to improve performance. Tom Shaw, C.S.C.S., speed coach of the New England Patriots, suggests this game: Pick a card from a deck. If you draw an 8, do eight pushups, eight crunches, then eight split jumps (from a lunge position, jump straight up, switch legs in midair, and land back in a lunge). Rest for 30 seconds to a minute, then pick another card. Repeat until you've gone through 15 to 20 cards." Do this for a week before lifting heavy," says Shaw.
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