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Side Lying Hip Abduction - Hip Extension
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- HOW: Get set-up in a side lying position with the bottom knee bent and the top leg straight starting in hip flexion on the ground. Perform a leg lift moving into hip abduction and extension. Repeat
- FEEL: You will feel the muscles on the outside of your hip and your butt muscles working with this exercise.
- COMPENSATION: Do not let your hips open up towards the ceiling, imagine if you were wearing a belt buckle to keep it facing the ground or parallel to the ground.
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