15-Minute Workout: Challenge Your Muscles

These stability moves will sculpt and tone your entire body

By Caitlin Carlson

Elbow-to-Instep Lunge

Stand with your arms at your sides
Then lunge forward with your right leg; place your left hand on the floor and your right elbow next to the arch of your right foot
Pause, then rotate your torso to the right, reaching your right hand overhead
Place both hands to the sides of your right foot and straighten both legs, folding your chest forward toward your right leg. Stand, then repeat with the left leg

3
3 to 5

This Move Works:

Total Body

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4

Variations on this Exercise

Elbow-to-Foot Lunge

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