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Also known as: Foot-elevated cossack hold.

Technique

  1. Sit down on the ground, extend one leg to the side and place that foot on a slightly elevated surface.
  2. Bend the other leg, pull your foot close to your butt and push the knee out to open your hips.
Logging: Work each side for the time indicated.

Muscles

Flexibility

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Pelvis

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
trains stretches

Regressions

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Vertical frog

Novice
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Supported vertical frog

Novice
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Sitting bound half lotus fold

Intermediate
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Sitting bound half lotus forward fold

Intermediate
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Sitting half lotus forward fold

Novice
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Sitting half lotus fold

Novice
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