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Technique

  1. Kneel on one knee with the other foot flat on the floor out to the side, knee bent ad 90 degrees.
  2. Shift your weight sideways on the bent leg, pushing your hips toward the floor.
  3. Hold the stretch, feeling it in the inner thigh of the outward leg.

Form tips

  • Keep your torso upright and square to the front.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.

Muscles

Flexibility

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Hip adductors

Secondary

  • Pelvis

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
e16p

Standing hip circles

Beginner
e0hr

Supported vertical frog

Novice
e0hs

Vertical frog

Novice
e183

Quadruped rock back

Beginner
e16s

Lying leg circle

Beginner
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