This underrated lower-body movement rebuilds lateral strength, protects your hips, and dramatically improves balance—making it a must-have exercise for long-term mobility and functional fitness.

The aim of lateral exercises – or exercises that use muscles in a sideways fashion – is to strengthen lateral muscles, such as lateral glutes, lateral hip muscles, lateral core muscles etc. In turn, ...

Hip abduction is essential for building strong, stable glute muscles to support balance, improve movement efficiency, and help prevent lower-body injuries.

Sometimes, the most effective movements are the ones we train the least. Lateral lunges are gaining attention in the fitness ...

Hip mobility is essential for supporting daily movement, reducing pain and injury risk, and maintaining optimal strength and flexibility.

Tone your legs after 50 with 5 beginner-friendly daily moves, plus sets, reps, form tips, and easy variations.

Brigette Williams of Living Balanced offered two different hip exercises to strengthen hips, core, arms, and legs. The first exercise is Side Plank Clam Raises. The second is the Seated Hip Flexion.

In the realm of functional fitness, side lunges (also called lateral lunges) are a versatile and underrated exercise, often ...

If you’ve got stiff hips, you might be told that stretching is key. But often, this is a mistake ― joints that appear inflexible are often actually just weak, and need strength training instead. That ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. If you’ve been dealing with hip pain or tight hips, you’re not alone. It’s a common issue that can be caused by commonplace things, ...