Hip strength is very important to proper movement. Thus, the following exercises are meant for this purpose, although there are obviously other benefits to them.

First you need a partner, preferably someone approximately your height. The two of you must face each other, and be pretty close. Spread your legs apart and bend your knees, much like a sumo wrestler. Now, you have to be close enough to your partner to push them away from you, so move closer if you have to. Place your hands on each other's hips with the palms on the hip bone and the fingers away from your partner's body. If you grab your partner with your fingers it can hurt tremendously, so make sure your fingers are not grabbing your partner. You will push with the palms of your hands. One of you will have your arms on the inside and the other will have your arms on the outside. The object of this is not to see who is stronger, it is to see how long you can push against your partner's hands with your hips. Yes, that's right, you don't want to push with your arms, you want to push with your hips.

Once you have both placed your hands on each other's hips, decide how you will call the start. You should both begin pushing on each other's hips at the same time, so a countdown is usually the best. Remember now, push against your partner's hands with your hips, not on your partner's hips with your hands. There is a big difference, believe it or not. Establish a point where you or your partner knows that you will be able to push them down or vica versa, and DON'T exceed that point. You want constant pressure from your partner, and pushing your partner down releases you from the pressure they were exerting. MAINTAIN PRESSURE.

Do this for thirty seconds to start off with. Why? Well, after five more repetitions you'll know why. This is a very strenuous exercise, even though it looks kind of funny at first. You will come to realize that this is not a joke, it is an honest to goodness exercise that burns and hurts. What's the secret to endurance? BREATHING!!! Inhale when you relax a little, exhale when you are ready to push again. Sometimes you will need to take a few breaths before you begin pushing again, and that's alright. After a while, you will develop your breathing enough so that you can hide how hard you are breathing and take your partner by surprise. That's a good thing, as long as you don't push them over. You will get an immediate reaction from your partner when you surprise them. Guess what they will do? They will begin pushing harder against you. And that's when you will get the real workout.

Be careful not to lean into or away from your partner too much when you perform this exercise. When you lean either way you end up having to use your arms instead of your hips to push. Not only that, but it can be bad for your back. Your back muscles will tend to compensate for the lack of push in the arms, which can lead to pulled muscles. You DO NOT want to pull back muscles. You can be laid up for as long as a few months if that happens. When you push with your hips, your pelvis should thrust forward, effectively straightening your back and reducing, if not eliminating, the strain on the back muscles.

Now that you know how to walk, we can work on upper body movement.