Video Transcript

Hi, I'm Beth Hoover, and today I'm going to show you how to perform an outer thigh workout. Working the muscles of the outer thigh, the gluteus medius and the gluteus minimus are a great way to not only tighten and tone and firm up the hips but also to make sure you improve and increase hip joint stability. The first exercise I'm going to show you is a hip abduction using the stability ball. To begin the exercise, we're going to begin with the stability ball next to our side. We're going to extend one leg and then we're going to just laterally position ourself over the ball making sure to keep your body in neutral alignment, your abdominals pulled in tight, flex the foot of the exercising leg and abduct the hip, okay making sure to squeeze at the top of the movement and to progress this movement you can extend both legs and making sure to place one hand on the floor for that added stability and then perform the same exercise. Using the stability ball is great because not only does it challenge the hips but you also get the engagement of the core muscles for balance and stability. And then we can also hold the leg up and just balance here and then also pulsing can add an additional challenge.