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Also known as: Sitting straddle leg hold.

Technique

  1. Sit with your legs open wide.
  2. Grab your toes and pull on them to pull your body down.

Muscles

Flexibility

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Hip adductors

Secondary

  • Legs
  • Pelvis

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
trains stretches

Progressions

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Sitting straddle compression

Novice
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Sitting straddle rotating bounces

Novice
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Sitting straddle walk

Novice
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Sitting straddle sweep

Novice
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Sitting straddle forearms down

Intermediate

Regressions

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Sitting straddle stretch

Beginner
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Butt balancing one-leg out

Novice
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Butt balancing straddle fold

Intermediate
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Pancake

Advanced
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Sitting pike pull feet

Novice
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Standing straddle toe pull

Novice
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