Technique
- Start on all fours, shoulders over wrists and hips over knees.
- Open one of the hips towards the side ( Hip abduction) while keeping the angle at the knee at 90 degrees.
- Do not rotate the torso in the same direction, keep your Abs engaged to avoid compensation.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Glutes
Secondary
- Pelvis
Flexibility
Primary
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Gluteus medius
- Gluteus minimus
Equipment
Appears in
Flexibility
Joint movements
Hipabduction
trains stretches
Progressions
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