Wall Squats & Side Plank Crunch

Get off that chair and find a wall!  It?s time for wall squats!  This exercise is really great for the quads, glutes, and hamstrings!  The wall is your support.  For extra support, place a ball between you and the wall.  Using the wall will help you get into that deep squat.  That?s what you want!  The deeper your  squat is, the deeper those muscles get worked!  Lets tone up!  With your back pressed against the wall, slowly squat down into the perfect squat.  Form a 90 degree squat from the feet to the ankles to the knees and to the hips.  This is a holding exercise.  Feel the burn in the lower body with wall squats!

Now try it!  Find a wall!  Slowly squat down into that 90 degree position.  Hold this pose for 30-40 seconds.  Release for 10 seconds.  Complete 3-4 sets.  Challenge yourself by holding the pose for 1 minute!  For more intensity, grab some dumbbells.  Those quads and buns should be on fire!


Get ready to work your oblique muscles!!  Lose the love handles and get sexy cuts and curves!  The side plank crunch is a great exercise for those side abdominals.  Get ready to crunch.  Sit down on your knees.  Stretch and straighten the right leg out to the side.  Place the left hand down on the floor next to your left knee.  Bend your right arm back behind your head for support.  From this position, press your right elbow down to your hips.  Squeeze those obliques!!  Switch sides.  Feel the side abdominals working!  Tone and trim the obliques with the side plank crunch!

Now try it!  Get ino the side plank position.  Crunch down to the hip for 2 counts and back up for 2 counts.  Do this 10 times.  Switch sides and repeat.  Complete 3-4 sets.  Challenge yourself by lifting the straightened leg up as you crunch down.  Get that extra burn!  No more squeezing into your jeans!