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Technique

  1. Stand on one leg and swing the other one up in front of you.
  2. You can swing your arms at the same time to help maintain balance.

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Form tips

  • Start with a small range of motion, then as you muscles get warmer, increase the height to which you swing the front leg to gradually reach your current maximum range of motion.
  • Aim to keep your legs straight.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.

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Muscles

Strength

Secondary

  • Legs
Flexibility

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Legs
  • Pelvis
  • Flexor digitorum brevis
  • Flexor digitorum longus
  • Flexor hallucis longus
  • Flexor hallucis brevis

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Equipment

Ground (standing)
Ground (standing)

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Appears in

Strength
Joint movements
Kneeextension
Hipflexion
FootToes flexion
trains stretches

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Regressions

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Assisted front leg swing

Beginner
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Side leg swing

Novice
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Standing front leg toe hold

Novice
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Standing front leg pull

Intermediate
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Standing side leg toe hold

Novice
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Half moon pose

Intermediate
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