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Mini-leg workout
Haven’t got time for full-on exercise? Try this mini-workout to tone up your legs and abs while you hang out with your mates at lunchtime or watch your fav programme. A wall sit might look easy but it’s one of the most effective ways to strengthen leg muscles without damaging knee joints. Also works your abs. Works like a squat, only you don’t go up and down.
How to do it:
Stand in front of a wall (about 2 feet in front of it) and lean against it. Slide down until your knees are at about a right angle (or an angle that is comfortable for you) and hold. Be sure to keep your ab muscles nice and tight and don’t forget to breathe! Hold for 10-60 seconds. Stand up again, shake out your legs and repeat.
Technique tip
When you’re getting started, just slide down about 10 centimetres until you get a feel for the exercise and figure out whether your knees can handle it. You’ll be amazed at how quickly you can build up your repetitions of this one.
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