19/08/2026
A student asked this on our weekly call, out loud: "Could you do the hip bridge again — with single leg?"
What came back was a test you can do tonight on your bedroom floor.
Set it up the same way you'd do a normal bridge, then lift one leg clear of the floor. The lifted leg can be straight or it can be bent — either is fine, because one leg is still doing all the work.
Step one, engage the core. Step two, squeeze the butt, and then push up. The squeeze comes first; the lift is what happens after.
Take one leg away and it's the same as standing on one leg — all your weight sits on the other side. That's why you feel it through the whole butt, and the hamstrings with it.
Now the test. Hold it there and time yourself. Do both sides.
Whichever one starts to shake first is your weaker side — and almost everyone has one. And if both sides start shaking within 10 seconds, both are quite weak.
Then build up until you can hold it for 30 seconds, one minute.
Comment below — how many seconds before you started shaking? 🌸