Don't spend your money on expensive gym equipment to tone your muscles. Learn how to do rear raise exercises in this free video clip from a personal trainer.
Sue Conrad is a personal trainer with a certification through the American Council on Exercise. She currently teaches cardio kickboxing, and she trains clients of various ages and fitness levels.
Okay, this next clip is going to be rear raises. What you are going to do is get in a prime position. You are going to take your handle, hook it on your foot. Now, you want to make sure this is nice and secure. Okay, so you are going to control the resistance by how much you pull the band or the tube. Try and keep your back nice and flat as much as possible and you are going to extend the leg up. Bring the knee in and press back firmly with your heel or you can point the toe. You are really going to feel this in your glutes, your hamstrings, and your calves. It is a nice option to the traditional leg raises because you have the additional resistance of the band. Okay, I am going to switch legs so I want to make sure this is nice and secure, pull the band with the opposite hand. Get back into your prime position, keep your back nice and flat, extend the leg, and contract. Extend and push. Now, when you are extending your leg make sure it does not go too much higher than your hips and your back. One of the mistakes that people do with leg raises is they throw their back into their leg raises and then they hurt their back.
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