Yasmin Karachiwala is among the top celebrity trainer who has worked with most of the A-list actresses of Bollywood. When it comes to her clientele, Yasmin has trained actresses like Deepika Padukone, Kriti Sanon, Alia Bhatt, and many more divas of the tinsel town. The celebrity trainer is quite active on her Instagram handle and likes to post about quick workouts and healthy recipes. Let’s have a look at one such quick leg workout suggested by Yasmin Karachiwala.
Frog Squat with dumbbells (1 minute)
Frog squat exercise is very beneficial for your overall body but it especially targets your hamstring, gluteus, muscles, and quadriceps. It provides strength to your glutes, hamstrings and also tones them.
How To Do It?
- Began the exercise by standing upright with your feet in shoulder-width apart distance. Join your hands in front of your body or hold dumbells.
- Start pushing your hips back along with bending your knees into a squat position. Make sure your knees are perpendicular to your feet during the exercise; don’t let your knees come forward.
- Get down in the squat position till your thighs are parallel to the floor, and your fingers can touch the ground, inhale while doing the exercise.
- Exhale while pushing yourself back to a standing position.
Squat Jack + Side Punch (1 minute)
Squat jack plus side punch instantly warms up your body and works as a great cardio exercise.
How To Do It?
- Start by going down in a squat position.
- Then jump in a way you do a jumping jack exercise while holding the dumbbell.
- Jump up and get into a standing position.
- Now with holding the dumbbell in your hands, do a punch in your left side first and then on the right side.
Dumbell Swing + Heel Lift (1 minute)
Dumbell Swings is a great exercise to activate your major muscles like chest, hamstrings, shoulders, etc. It also boosts your strength and endurance.
How To Do It?
- Stand straight and then gently bend your knees.
- Now without bending your lower back, push your hips back.
- Take the dumbells in your hands and swing them between your legs.
- While pushing the dumbells back, contract your glutes, and then move your hips forward while swinging the dumbbell towards your chest.
- Make sure to do the exercise gently without using any force.
- While swinging the dumbbell towards the chest and coming to a standing position transfer the weight to your toes and lift the heels.
Curtsy Lunge Pulse ( 1 minute )
This particular exercise makes your legs and glutes stronger. The curtsy lunge also helps with boosting the strength of your lower body and also improves body balance.
How To Do It?
- Stand straight with your feet in a shoulder apart distance.
- Now move your left foot back of the right leg and gently bend the knees into a lunge.
- Make sure your hands are holding the dumbells and are by your side while going down into a lunge.
- Pulse a few times by moving your left knee in an up and down position.
- Bring your left knee to the starting position, switch the legs and repeat the exercise.
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