Outer thigh lift question

[nancy324]

I just previewed PushPull and I'm about to start it today. I noticed that it has those outer thigh lifts on the stability ball. Has anyone noticed that when you do these the first leg gets a much better workout because the second leg is exhausted from holding up your weight so you can't complete all the lifts? It seems so unbalanced to me. What are your solutions? (Maybe switch legs each time you do the workout?) Just curious as to how others handle this.

 

[Carol_is_fit]

My solution to this one is to do them lying on my side on the floor, using a ten pound weight held against the upper part of my outer thigh. The only other way I can see to avoid this is to switch your starting side each time, but that would only work if I did this workout consistently, which I don't. Maybe someone else will come up with a more creative approach! I hope so, because I have found this to be a problem for me as well, Nancy!

Carol

 

[JAFitMama]

Here is a suggestion.
Stop after one side and get a good stretch in BOTH outer thighs.

Sit on the floor, cross one leg over the other and put the foot of the crossed leg on the out side of the opposite thigh. Use your arm to push your leg deeper into the stretch. do both sides and take your time. Then go on and do the other side of outer thigh lifts on the stability ball.

 

[mogambo]

I switch which leg I start with each time I do the workout. I also do this with PLB and PS Legs.

 

[nancy324]

I did em on the floor, as I do for PLB and it obviously did the job. I hadn't been able to exercise much for awhile, and then I did PushPull yesterday and now my entire lower body is in a painful state of DOMS. I'm so disappointed because I wanted to work out today and I don't know how I'm going to. Weekends are my best time for working out. ;(

KathyH was right! I liked the workout!

 

[Soosan]

I switch legs each time I do PP, PLB and PS, making a note in my workout log so I remember which side to start with the next time.

Sometimes I do one side on the stability ball and the other on the floor, again, switching sides each time I do the workout.

 

[starlight6]

I change my starting leg each time. I do that a lot if I feel that

one leg/arm... whatever...is getting shorted through pre-exhaustion.

I just make a note on my workout sheet. (Although on lunges, I always

start with my "weaker" side & after many years it STILL always feels

weaker!)

x(

 

[Runcrazy]

I'm another one that switches which leg I start with when I do this workout.
Jo