Grapevine Away!

Strengthening leg muscles, an important ingredient in building balance, means working your legs in all directions. In walking, running, biking, and most other life activities, legs move forward and backward. Doing the Grapevine adds strength to the sides of your legs, rounding out their strength. Here's how it works: Moving to the right, step sideways with the right foot. Still moving right, step behind with the left foot. Take another right step with your right foot, and then bring the feet together by tapping the left toe beside your standing right foot. It's four steps, and the words you can say to accompany the steps are "Side, Behind, Side, Tap". Repeat in the other direction. Stabilize with your hands on the edge of the kitchen counter or the bars in the hall if needed. Once you catch on to the pattern, you just might feel like you're dancing instead of giving yourself a good workout!

Suggestion from Mariah Kaye, Senior Fitness Specialist, offering more fitness choices through MoveAnyWayFitness.com.