Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / recovery
Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch
Half-kneel, tuck pelvis, squeeze back glute, and reach same-side arm overhead.
Muscles
- Primary
- hip flexors
- Supporting
- rectus femoris, lats
Mechanics
- Pattern
- static stretch
- Equipment
- bodyweight
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Aerobic Stability (>90s)
- Target feel
- Front hip opens without lumbar extension.
- Progression
- Add gentle side bend away from the back knee.
- Regression
- Pad knee and shorten stance.
Watch for
- Arching low back
- Letting front knee cave
Substitutions
- Couch stretch
- Hip Flexor Roll
- 90/90 hip stretch