Inner Thigh Side Stretch
Stand with feet wide apart, significantly wider than shoulder-width, with toes pointing forward. Keep one leg straight, with the foot flat on the floor and knee extended but not locked.
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Focus Area
- Legs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- Adductor magnus
- Adductor longus
- Adductor brevis
- Gracilis
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
Secondary muscles
- Biceps femoris
- Gluteus maximus
- Quadriceps
Target muscles
- legs
- hips
- glutes
How to perform
- 1
Stand with feet wide apart, significantly wider than shoulder-width, with toes pointing forward.
- 2
Keep one leg straight, with the foot flat on the floor and knee extended but not locked.
- 3
Bend the knee of the other leg, shifting your weight to that side, and lower your hips towards the floor.
- 4
Keep your torso upright and feel the stretch along the inner thigh and hamstring of your straight leg.
- 5
Hold the stretch for 20-30 seconds, breathing deeply and maintaining a gentle tension.
- 6
Return to the starting position by pushing off the bent leg and repeat on the other side.
Safety & form
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