Exercise guide

Windmills

CategoryStretching ForcePull LevelIntermediate

How to do the Windmills: step-by-step instructions, muscles worked (Abductors), and equipment. Log it in Vantora.

How to perform the Windmills exercise

How to do the Windmills

  1. Lie on your back with your arms extended out to the sides and your legs straight. This will be your starting position.
  2. Lift one leg and quickly cross it over your body, attempting to touch the ground near the opposite hand.
  3. Return to the starting position, and repeat with the opposite leg. Continue to alternate for 10-20 repetitions.

Muscles worked

abductors glutes hamstrings lower back

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