Technique
- Stand up and flex one knee and grab the foot with both hands behind your back,balancing on the other foot
Form tips
- Keep a posterior Pelvic tilt to increase the stretch at the front of the thigh
- Keep the stretched leg vertical
Logging: Work each side for the time indicated.
Muscles
Strength
Secondary
- Legs
Flexibility
Primary
- Quadriceps
- Pelvis
Secondary
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Flexor digitorum longus
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Flexor hallucis brevis
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Flexibility
Balance
Joint movements
Progressions
Warrior 2
Beginner
Warrior 1
Beginner
Bow stance
Beginner
Regressions
Lying quad stretch
Beginner
Supine hip flexor stretch
Beginner
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