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Also known as: Kneeling pike stretch, Kneeling hamstring stretch.

Technique

  1. Sit down on a bent leg and extend the other leg straight in front of you.
  2. Fold forward, aiming to get your chest to your knee.
Logging: Work each side for the time indicated.

Muscles

Flexibility

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Legs
  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
trains stretches

Progressions

e189

One Leg Folded Forward Bend

Intermediate

Regressions

e0ao

Sitting forward fold

Beginner
e18a

Elevated One Leg Folded Forward Bend

Beginner
e0w6

One-leg downward dog

Novice
e0kg

QL straddle stretch

Novice
e18d

Block-assisted sitting pike fold on heel

Novice
e18c

Sitting pike fold on heel

Novice
e0kw

Kneeling lunge forearms down

Novice
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