The hips are part of the body some of us might not think about when it comes to lifting. Most really don’t tent to notice them unless their causing an issue for them. That’s why you have to make sure and keep a good hip strengthening exercise incorporated into your regime. Strengthening the hip area will help increase your mobility and flexibility and will also make you fell better when lifting weights like squats and deadlift. Some exercises to help strengthen the hips are Bulgarian Split Squats, Step Up Reverse Lunges, Banded Jump Squats, Kettlebell Swings, and Lateral Lunges. My personal favorite is the Kettlebell swing, because it’s a easy lift to do no matter where you are and it really works the hips fast. This lift is preformed by taking a kettlebell and holding it with both hands resting at your waist. You will then squat down so it’s resting between your legs and explode up out of it bringing the kettlebell swinging out in front of you usually around eye level. Then carefully letting it down/swing back down to the bottom and you dropping back down into a squat right before exploding back up into another repetition.
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