Abductors Workouts With Bodyweight

Bodyweight abductors workouts built around lateral hip control, single-leg stability, and progressive near-failure effort using no-equipment movement progressions that improve outer-hip strength and frontal-plane control.
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5 exercises15 sets

Bodyweight Hip Abductor Control and Strength Workout

Glutes, Quadriceps, Hamstrings

A no-equipment abductors template using lateral leg raises, fire hydrants, and lateral single-leg patterns to build hip abduction strength and movement control with repeatable straight sets.

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    1Exercise

    Side-Lying Lateral Leg Raises

    Rest 1m

    • 114 reps x 0 kgRIR 3
    • 214 reps x 0 kgRIR 2
    • 316 reps x 0 kgRIR 1

    Stack hips vertically and keep toes slightly down to reduce hip-flexor compensation.

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    Quadruped Fire Hydrants

    Rest 1m

    • 112 reps x 0 kgRIR 3
    • 212 reps x 0 kgRIR 2
    • 314 reps x 0 kgRIR 1

    Brace trunk and avoid shifting weight into the supporting side during each lift.

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    Bodyweight Lateral Lunge
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    Bodyweight Lateral Lunge

    Rest 1m 15s

    • 110 reps x 0 kgRIR 3
    • 210 reps x 0 kgRIR 2
    • 312 reps x 0 kgRIR 1

    Sit into the moving hip while keeping the opposite leg long and the whole foot grounded.

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    Bodyweight Lateral Squat

    Rest 1m 15s

    • 112 reps x 0 kgRIR 3
    • 212 reps x 0 kgRIR 2
    • 314 reps x 0 kgRIR 1

    Keep chest tall, hips back, and press the floor away to return to center without collapsing inward.

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    Single-Leg Glute Bridge
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    Single-Leg Glute Bridge

    Rest 1m 15s

    • 110 reps x 0 kgRIR 3
    • 210 reps x 0 kgRIR 2
    • 312 reps x 0 kgRIR 1

    Maintain ribcage stacked over pelvis and avoid rotating through the torso on single-leg reps.