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Technique

  1. Sit down on a slightly elevated surface (such as a Yoga block or a thick mat).
  2. Open your legs straight out to the sides.
  3. Place one hand under the opposite knee, lift the other arm up and lean to that side to stretch the side of your torso.
Logging: Work each side for the time indicated.

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Muscles

Flexibility

Primary

  • Hamstrings
  • Glutes

Secondary

  • Legs
  • Hip adductors
  • Pelvis
  • Obliques
  • Spine
  • Neck
  • Abs

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Equipment

Ground (hands or body)
Ground (hands or body)

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Appears in

Joint movements
Trunklateral flexion
Kneeextension
Hipflexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

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QL straddle stretch

Novice
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One-leg forward bend

Beginner
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Block-support triangle

Beginner
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Block-assisted sitting pike fold on heel

Novice
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One-leg sitting pike compression

Beginner
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Sitting one-leg forward fold

Novice
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