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Technique

  1. Stand facing a wall a few inches away
  2. Squat down or hinge at the hips to place your hands on the ground
  3. Straighten the legs and use the wall to push into a deeper stretch

Form tips

  • Keep your legs straight and your back as flat as possible against the wall.

Muscles

Flexibility

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Legs
  • Pelvis

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
trains stretches

Regressions

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Standing pike toe pull

Novice
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Butt balancing one-leg up

Intermediate
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Butt balancing pike fold

Intermediate
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Standing front leg pull

Intermediate
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Sitting pike pull feet

Novice
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Standing half forward bend

Novice
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