Sets: 2

Reps: 12-15

• Lie on your side with your knees bent to 90 degrees and hips at about 45 degrees.

• Band is placed above the knees. Pick a resistance that makes the movement challenging but still allows full range of motion of the hips and no compensation.

• Keeping the ankles together, exhale and lift your top knee up by pushing into the band. This movement is driven by your glute muscles (glute medius on the side. You should feel it working in your back pocket area.

• Inhale as you lower back down.

• Make sure not to roll your hips and pelvis backward.

• Feel free to adjust the angle of your hips to feel a stronger contraction in the side glute.

• You should not feel this in your hamstrings, thigh or inner thigh.