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- Ab balance rotation
Ab balance rotations help strengthen the core muscles - the stomach, lower back and sides. They are useful for people looking to flatten their stomachs. - Straight arm pullover (The Frankenstein)
The Straight Arm Pullover works the triceps and posterior deltoids at the same time. It's good for improving posture and toning the back of the arms. Setup: Hook an exercise band securely over a door or other sturdy object. - You'll have a ball doing this Hip Lift
The Hip Lift With Stability Ball is a great exercise for your legs, glutes and lower back. Setup: Lie face-up on a mat with knees bent and your heels on top of a stability ball, arms extended out to your sides with your palms facing up. - Workout: Medicine Ball Reach and Touch
This exercise is great for working your shoulder, chest, waist and lower body. Setup: You can use a medicine ball that weights 3 to 15 pounds. This ball from Spri (www.spriproducts.com) has a handle that is easy to slip your hand into for a nice grip. - Workout: Forward Lunge into Shoulder Raises
This exercise is great for your legs, hamstrings, glutes and calves. Setup: Stand with your arms at your sides and all five points in alignment: toes, knees, hips, shoulders and chin. Inhale. You can hold weights in your hands for more resistance. - Workout: Band Butt Blaster
This exercise works your hamstrings (the backs of your leg) and your butt. You will also use your all-important core muscles to stabilize your position. Setup: Loop a band (I am using one with two handles from Spri. - Workout: Flutters
This exercise works your transverse abdominal muscles, the deepest-lying abdominal muscles that act as a belt around your midsection. These muscles, which also connect to your back, are critical to gaining a flatter stomach. - Lift your way to great legs
Abductors Leg Lift with Resist-A-Band This exercise works your abductors, or outer thigh muscles, and is great for summer fashions such as bikinis, shorts or sundresses. - Have a blast exercising backside
This exercise works the hips, butt, back of the thigh and shoulder stabilizers. This is a great exercise that you can do at home anytime. By using a resistance band, you can really isolate the butt and leg area and tone and tighten the muscles. - Dead Lift gives life to legs
The dead lift exercise is a great exercise for the back of your legs. Set-up: Find an even surface, stand with your feet hip-width apart and hold a dumbbell in each hand (suggested weight 5 to 8 pounds). - Pressing ahead for great legs and core
Squats Into Overhead Press: This exercise is great for legs, including your quadriceps, hamstrings and glutes. - Easy way to stronger back
To increase the strength in your back, try this gentle back exercise at home on a mat or carpet. Step 1: Lie on your belly with your legs extended and your arms folded in front of you. Step 2: Pull your belly button in toward your spine. - Side-to-side hops great for balance, cardiac fitness
This is an easy exercise that you can do on your own driveway or patio. A tennis court works well, too. Step 1 (at left): Start by standing on one leg. Push off with a bent knee and land on your other foot, keeping the knee slightly bent. - 5 principles of increasing fitness
When you were a kid, your mom told you to brush up and down, not side to side, or you wouldn't get your teeth really clean. The same theory applies to fitness: Do it right and it will work. - Overhead Triceps Press
This exercise is great for the upcoming tank-top season as it works the triceps and the shoulders. Step 1: Stand with your feet slightly apart and your knees soft.