Stretch - Groin and Back

Recommendations: 1-3 Sets, 10-20 Reps

Intermediate Adductors Stretching Body Only Compound Gym

Purpose: This exercise is a controlled, balanced inner hip exercise for abducting the hip.

Benefits: This is a good exercise for strengthening the muscles for raising the legs to the sides.

Sit upright on an exercise mat on the floor. Your knees are bent at about 90 degrees and your feet are together. Position your hands at the sides your head. This is the starting position. Slowly curl downwards. Your elbows go to the insides of your thighs. Breathe normally. Pause. Slowly return to the starting position. Sit upright on an exercise mat on the floor. Your knees are bent at about 90 degrees and your feet are together. Position your hands at the sides your head. Breathe normally. Repeat for the required number of repetitions.


There are four groups of muscles that cause movement in the hip joint. They include the gluteal group, the lateral rotator group, the adductor group, and the iliopsoas group. The prime group for hip adduction is, obviously, the adductor group, a group of muscles on the inner hip joint.

Step 1

Sit on an exercise mat, knees bent and feet together.

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Sit upright on an exercise mat on the floor. Your knees are bent at about 90 degrees and your feet are together. Position your hands at the sides your head. This is the starting position.

Step 2

Curl downwards until your elbows are inside your thighs.

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Slowly curl downwards. Your elbows go to the insides of your thighs. Breathe normally. Pause. You should feel tension in you adductors.

Step 3

Return to the starting position.

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Slowly return to the starting position. Sit upright on an exercise mat on the floor. Your knees are bent at about 90 degrees and your feet are together. Position your hands at the sides your head. Breathe normally.