How to Stay Fit and Toned with At-Home Workouts

 6 Lagree Moves Guaranteed to Tone from Home

If you can’t make it to Studio Physique this Holiday season because you’re traveling, you can still practice your Lagree moves from anywhere! Give this home workout a try and then meet us on the Megaformer to show off your skills!

What You’ll Need

• Sliders (paper plates will work too) 
• Ankle Weights (Optional)
• Yoga Mat

1. Elevator Lunge

1. Begin with one foot on the floor and one foot on the slider
2. Press into your heel on the front foot as you send the slider straight back
3. Sink into a lunge by squeezing your front leg
4. Move slowly for four seconds down and four seconds back up
5. Repeat for two minutes

2. Skater

1. Begin with one foot on the floor and one foot on the slider
2. Sit into a squat by sending your hips back and maintaining a high chest
3. Remain in the squat as you send the slider out to the side slowly, for four seconds
4. Press into the heel of the foot on the floor the entire time
5. Draw the slider back into the starting position 
6. Remain in the squat and repeat for two minutes

3. “Bungee Kicks” with Ankle Weight

1. Begin on all fours
2. Keep a tight core and neutral spine
3. Bend your knee and kick your heel to the sky, slowly on a four second count
4. Squeeze your glute and hamstring the entire movement
5. Slowly move your knee back down to hover over the floor
6. Repeat for 1-2 minutes

4. Bear

1. Begin in a plank position with both feet on the sliders
2. Slowly, on a four second count, draw your knees in until they stop underneath your hips
3. Keep a flat back and an engaged core
4. Press your feet back out for four seconds until you are back in a plank
5. Repeat for one minute

5. Teaser

1. Begin in a plank position with both feet on the sliders
2. Slide one foot in front of the other so that your feet are side by side
3. As slow as you can, squeeze your core to pike your hips up to the sky, keeping your legs straight
4. You will feel a twist in your body on the same side as your front leg
5. Slowly lower your body back down
6. Repeat for one minute
7. Switch your other foot in front, to work the other side of your body and repeat for one more minute

6. “Mega Leg Lifts” with Ankle Weights

1. Begin by lying on your back with the ankle weights attached to your legs
2. Tighten your core so that your lower back “presses” into the ground
3. Maintain this pressing of your back and keep your legs straight
4. Slowly, on a four second count, use your core to lift your legs until your feet are straight above your hips
5. Do not lift your bum off of the floor
6. Slowly lower your straight legs back down to hover
7. Repeat for one minute

Trainer Tip: Repeat all of the leg exercises for the left leg and then start at the beginning and repeat them all for the right leg.