Technique
- Start in a Bent-leg pigeon position, with one leg extended at the back and the other one bent in front of you.
- Take your hands off the floor and bring your chest up. Feel the stretch in the hip flexors of your back leg.
- Lean forward and touch your front leg with your chest. Focus on bending at the hip and keeping the back straight.
- Bring your chest back up and repeat a few times, then do the other side.
Logging: Work each side for the time indicated.
Muscles
Flexibility
Primary
- Glutes
Secondary
- Pelvis
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
- Hip adductors
Equipment
Appears in
Flexibility
Other disciplines
Joint movements
trains stretches
Regressions
Bent-leg pigeon
Novice
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