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Hip Circles

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Instructions

  1. Start on the floor on your hands and knees, with hands under your shoulders and knees under your hips
  2. Lift one leg up behind you, keeping your knee bent and leading with your heel
  3. Then rotate your hip so that the knee points side ways
  4. Continue rotating your hip so that the knee moves forwards toward your chests
  5. Lower the leg and repeat 10-15 times. Repeat on the other side and repeat for 1-3 sets. You can experiment with circling in both directions

Try this move standing and holding onto a wall or chair
1. Stand tall and hold onto a chair or the wall
2. Lift one knee in front with the knee bent, rotate the hip so that the knee points sideways
3. Continue rotating your hip so that the knee moves backwards and return to the starting position
4. Repeat 10-15 times, switch sides and repeat for 1-3 sets. You can experiment with circling in both directions

  1. Start on the floor on your hands and knees, with hands under your shoulders and knees under your hips
  2. Lift one leg up behind you, keeping your knee bent and leading with your heel
  3. Then rotate your hip so that the knee points side ways
  4. Continue rotating your hip so that the knee moves forwards toward your chests
  5. Lower the leg and repeat 10-15 times. Repeat on the other side and repeat for 1-3 sets. You can experiment with circling in both directions
  1. Start on the floor on your hands and knees, with hands under your shoulders and knees under your hips
  2. Lift one leg up behind you, keeping your knee bent and leading with your heel
  3. Then rotate your hip so that the knee points side ways
  4. Continue rotating your hip so that the knee moves forwards toward your chests
  5. Lower the leg and repeat 10-15 times. Repeat on the other side and repeat for 1-3 sets. You can experiment with circling in both directions

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May 19, 2025

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May 19, 2025

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