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Side Lunge Stretch
Muscles Stretched: Hips, groin and adductors
Description
- Stand upright, with both feet facing forward, double shoulder-width apart.
- Place your hands on your hips or thighs, in order to keep your back straight.
- Slowly exhale, taking your bodyweight across to one side.
- Avoid leaning forward, or taking the knee of the bent leg over your toes. As you increase the stretch, the foot of the bent leg should point slightly outward.
- To increase the stretch, relax upward, slowly sliding your feet out a few inches further to the side.
Related Pages
- See stretching guidelines for further instructions
- Complete stretching list
- why Spider-Man?
- See also tests to Measure Flexibility
- See all flexibility images in the Stretching Exercises Clipart Image Collection
Related Products
- Goniometers to measure flexibility.
- stretching books
