Hip circles

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One of the best and easiest ways to exercise your abductor muscles is to repeat a number of hip circles. The process is very simple – place your hands and knees on the ground maintaining a strong rigid posture. Then simply raise your right knee, stretch it out behind you and rotate in a circular manner creating large circles as wide as you can. When you have brought your knee back to the original rigid position simply repeat a number of times and then carry out the same exercise using your left leg. This exercise is extremely simple but it stretches and exercises your abductor muscles which are often ignored during fitness training. You can also carryout this exercise maintaining a bent knee position at all times.