Side hip abduction
Abductors Bodyweight
How to do it
- 1Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and hands on your hips.
- 2Shift weight onto one leg and lift the opposite leg out to the side, keeping it straight.
- 3Pause briefly at the top, then lower the leg slowly back to the starting position.
- 4Repeat on the other side.
- 5Continue alternating sides for the desired number of reps.
More abductors exercises
- Straight leg outer hip abductorBodyweight
- Lever seated hip abductionLeverage machine
- Resistance band seated hip abductionResistance band
- Side bridge hip abductionBodyweight
See it moving
In the app every exercise comes with its animation and the muscle marked on the body, with the set timer and the rests counted.
See NiudThis page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.

