Hip lift with a modified leg

Main Muscles Affected

• Buttocks

Exercise Difficulty

Very easy

Performing the hip lift with a modified leg:

1. Lie with your back on the floor and keep your feet flat on the floor; place your arms at your sides
2. Bring your right ankle over your left knee, squeeze your glutes, and lift your hips off the floor
3. Keep the hips raised, detach the right ankle from the left knee until the leg is stretched high and return to rest the ankle on the knee
4. Repeat on the opposite side.

• Move your hips as you raise the ankle.