How To Strengthen Core Muscles With Leg Drop Exercises Video

Strengthen your stomach muscles with leg drop exercises. Learn exercises and stretches for your workout routine in this fitness video.

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Rotate legs like pendulum
Keep back on floor
Use triceps for stability

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Amy McCauley has been a certified personal fitness trainer since 1995. She specializes in pilates, combat cardio, core conditioning and overall strength training. She works with clients ranging in age from 16 - 69. She has worked at Gold's Gym in Wilmington, NC since 2006. She loves her job because it gives her the opportunity to change peoples' lives in a positive way.

AMY MCCAULEY: Hi, I'm going to show you how to do a leg drop. A leg drop is lot like a knee drop except it's a little bit more advanced version. Lay all the way down on your back. You can bring the knees up, lengthen at the feet, relax the heels, driving the heels towards the ceiling. Again, the chest wall is open. Shoulder is down the spine. Arms are out to your sides. If you need support, hands are going to grab on to free weights. Dumbbells are going to help you stabilize a little bit more. We're going to act like a pendulum. You're rotating full limb down, halfway or all the way, wherever you're comfortable, and then lift it back up to center, dropping legs from one side to the other. If you feel your back is coming all the way up off the floor, you've gone too far. We're going to try to stabilize those back muscles. Inhale to center, exhale drop and inhale up. You're relying on your triceps in the back of your arms to stabilize you, so press those palms down into the mat and lift up. Your back may lift slightly off the floor. It's okay. We just don't want it to lift too high up. Things too remember: try not to choke your neck, let your shoulders relax, chest is open, arms lengthen out to your sides to stabilize a little bit more. If you feel any pressure in your lower back, slide those hands right underneath your buttocks. We're dropping down to one side and up. Your breath is going out as you drop and in as you lift. And then that's how you do your leg drops.

How to Strengthen Core Muscles with Leg Drop Exercises Video

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