I try to give my clients a ‘take-home’ exercise to do on a daily basis (or at least a few times a week) so that we can maintain the good work we’ve achieved in our sessions. One of my favourites is one I call The Compass, which I learnt from my friend Sarah Russell, who is a biomechanics coach. It’s not only brilliant for making your bum look great, but it helps strengthen your core as you try to balance, too.
How to do it: Go into a single leg squat, then using the arm opposite to the one you’re standing on touch the floor in front of you in four places; north, south, east and west (you can pulse the squat between compass points). Do this a few times on each leg, standing upright again between goes (but without setting your other foot down). Switch the arm you use to increase the challenge.