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Welcome to Start TODAY. Sign up for our free Start TODAY newsletter to receive daily inspiration sent to your inbox — and join us on Instagram! Strength training should be a part of everyone's fitness routine — and you don't need any equipment to start! Bodyweight exercises utilize your own body weight as resistance to build strength, endurance and flexibility.
½ lunge walking lunge Step your feet as wide as your hips. Then step the right foot forward and bend the right knee halfway to a half lunge. Bend the left knee halfway down. This is a half lunge position. Continue walking forward for 20 half lunges. Standing leg lift to the back Stand upright on your right leg with your left leg pointed back. Pull your navel in toward your spine and lift your straight left leg up behind you to work the glute. Repeat this 10 times, then switch legs.
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