I know lots of us want to tighten up those glutes(butt) and the inner & outer thighs. As I age, my legs & hip area have been the hardest to keep "tight". My arms are hanging in there! I do want to mention that I do a ton of leg work & when I do it, it is also working my butt/inners/outers too. Even my cardio works my butt with intervals, treadmill hill walking and jogging and that dreaded StepMill that is super hard! BUT, I do really like the below exercises that work the butt (all parts of it), inner & outer thighs & your non-working leg is worked as well as you balance on it to do the actual exercise on the working leg.

So, some of my favorite exercises for these 3 areas are ones I have used for more years than I care to comment on & I always feel the burn! I use a cable cuff attached to a low cable machine. I stand on a 10lb. plate to do these. I found some videos on the web that give you an idea of what the exercises look like... play around with your footing & where you stand to see what feels best for you. The videos show toe pointed or flexed. I like to do both with not only the inner but outer thigh to feel the difference. Also, on the outer thigh (abductor), I like to cross over in front of my standing foot for a harder workout & I may kick out a bit more than the video. I base it on feel AND correct form! I do these every week .... I always make sure that I feel it by adjusting my feet!!!!

For the outer thigh - abductor, stand with your side to the cable machine & attach the cuff to the ankle furthest away from the machine. Let your leg cross in front of you towards the machine & then kick out in a slow controlled manner & return in the same way keeping tension the whole time. Don't try to go heavy on these.. you may pull your alignment out of whack! You will feel this with lighter weights. Watch these 2 videos: Outer Thigh 1 and Outer Thigh 2

For the inner thigh - adductor, do the opposite. Attach the cuff to the ankle closest to the machine & move your leg once again in front & across your body with slow & controlled movements keeping the tension for all the repetitions. Watch these 2 videos: Inner Thigh 1 and Inner Thigh 2.

For the glute(butt), face the machine & kick back in controlled movements per this Cable Glute Kickback link. There are some other great butt moves on this link so check them out too!

For each of these, you will most likely have to hold lightly on to the cable machine for support & obviously switch sides to get both legs done for all 3 exercises. I like to rest  the standing & working leg by doing another body part for a few sets before doing the other side so you are fresh for the second leg. I just count away until the burn is too bad, rest & start up again for more reps. As always, change things up & switch order, weights, reps etc. I always feel the burn on these 3!!!!!!!

If you are at home, you can attach exercise tubing or bands to a SECURE & NOT MOVING object & make sure the band/tubing is not going to snap on you.. meaning nothing that has been overused. You can also use ankle weights or even a body bar if you have that.

Picture from Oxygen Women's Magazine