Standing Side Leg Lifts Start by standing with your feet together, bringing your palms together in front of your chest. Simply lift your right leg laterally as high as you can, then return to the starting position. This exercise is most effective when performed slowly. Repeat 15 times on each side. Fire Hydrants Start on your hands and knees, with your arms fully extended beneath your shoulders, knees directly in line with your hips. Inhale as your lift your right leg (keeping the knee bent) out to the side, stopping when your thigh is as close to parallel to your back as you can push it. Slowly lower your knee back to the floor. Repeat the movement 15 times, pulsing the leg 3 to 10 times on the final repetition. Repeat on the opposite side. Squats Start with your feet hip distance apart, bringing your palms together in front of your chest. Pushing into your heels, sit back as if into a chair and bend your knees to lower your body towards the floor. Stop when your thighs are parallel to the floor, then push through your heels to return to a standing position. Repeat 15 times. Step Squats Start with your feet together with your fingers laced together in front of your chest. Step your right foot to the side so that your feet are hip distance apart, then push into your heels to squat down. Push through your heels to stand up and bring your feet back together. This time, step your left foot out to the side and squat down. Continue alternating for 30 seconds. Glute Bridges Lie on your back on at mat with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor slightly wider than hip-distance apart. Place your arms at your sides. Inhale as you push through your heels to raise your glutes and torso off the ground, stopping when your body forms a straight line from your shoulders to your knees. Repeat 15 times and on the final rep, hold the upper pose for 10 seconds. Kneeling Kickbacks Start on your hands and knees, with your arms fully extended beneath your shoulders, knees directly in line with your hips. Extend your right leg behind you and lift it as high as you can. Bend your knee and lower your leg back to the floor. Repeat 15 times and on the final rep, pulse your leg up and down 5 to 10 times. Repeat on the opposite side.