Exercise

Hip Flexor Stretch

Step into a lunge position and press your hips forward to stretch the front of the hip of the back leg. Keep your torso upright and avoid excessive forward lean.

Also called: Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch, Lunge Stretch, Hip Flexor Lunge Stretch · Equipment: stretching

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How to do it

Step by step

  1. Start in a split stance with one foot forward and one foot back.
  2. Lower your back knee toward the ground into a lunge position.
  3. Press your hips forward and down while keeping your torso upright.
  4. Feel the stretch in the front of the hip and thigh of the back leg.
  5. Hold for 30 seconds and repeat on the opposite side.
Muscles worked

What it trains

Mainly Hip Flexors.

Programming

What the research says

Alternatives · VALDA FLEX

Swap it mid-workout

With VALDA Pro, FLEX offers alternatives like these when you swap an exercise mid-workout.

Log the hip flexor stretch in VALDA, with these cues one tap away while you train and your history for it in one place.

General information about exercise technique, not medical advice. If you have an injury or a health condition, your healthcare provider is the right person to ask.