Exercise

Scorpion Stretch

The scorpion stretch intensely opens the hip flexors and chest while improving spinal mobility. Keep your lower ribs engaged and avoid letting your lower back hyperextend by maintaining core tension throughout the movement.

Also called: Prone Scorpion · Equipment: stretching

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How to do it

Step by step

  1. Lie face down on the floor with your arms extended to the sides in a T position, palms down.
  2. Bend your right knee and bring your right foot toward your left shoulder, rotating through your hips and torso.
  3. Press your hips and chest into the floor to deepen the stretch in your hip flexor and chest.
  4. Keep your head in a neutral position or gently turn it to the right.
  5. Hold for 15-20 seconds, then switch sides.
Muscles worked

What it trains

Mainly Hip Flexors, Obliques.

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 scorpion 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.