Stealth workout: Strengthen your hips with the side-stepper
Dropping something: the perfect opportunity to strengthen your hips
If you want to pick something up to your left, step your left foot out to the side.Trish McAlaster/The Globe and Mail
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Keep your right leg straight as you bend your left knee and ankle so you squat backward over your left foot. Grab your fallen object, then use your left bum muscles to stand back up. Reverse legs to pick something up on your right.Trish McAlaster/The Globe and Mail
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