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Charlee Atkins core and leg workout requires just 10 minutes.

Ten minutes from now, youll already be ready to stretch it out and cool down.

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The easiest core and leg workout for days when you want a short and sweet sweat

1.

Knee drive and rotation:Start standing with your core braced.

Alternate legs for all 45 seconds.

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Squat and oblique crunch:Bring your feet a slightly wider than hip-width distance apart.

Squat back down, then bring your opposite knee up into a crunch.

Plank climbers:Come into a forearm plank position.

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Pull one knee in towards the chest, place it back behind you, then switch feet.

confirm that youre using your hip motion to pull the knee in without raising your hips too high.

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5.

Healthy female training in the gym, performing a hip thrust.

Hollow hold:Come onto your back with your legs extended straight forward onto your mat.

Lift your hips so that your lower back presses into the mat.

Use your core to lift your shoulder blades up as your arms come up overhead.

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Hold this position for 45 seconds.

Pike up:Come into plank position with your shoulders over your wrists.

From here, tiptoe your up to your hands, then slowly come right back into a plank.

Reverse lunge and single leg deadlift:From a standing position, step back into a reverse lunge.

Bring the heel straight into a single-leg deadlift, then come back to standing and repeat.

Complete 45 seconds on each side.

How to single-leg deadlift the right way:

8.

Complete on the left side and keep moving back and forth.

Bring your hands behind your head and crunch up by lifting your heart to the ceiling.

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