Hips · Legs
Standing hip flexor stretch
Mobility · Standing
- How to do it
- Hold the desk and step one foot back into a short lunge, back knee soft. Squeeze the back-side glute and gently tuck the pelvis under (flatten the low-back arch) until you feel a stretch in the front of the back hip.
- Dose
- 25s · each side
- What you should feel
- The front of your back hip
- Common mistake
- Arching the low back.
- Make it easier
- Keep a hand on the desk and shorten the step.
- Avoid this movement if
- You cannot stand safely without support.
Stop this movement if it causes sharp or worsening pain, numbness, weakness or dizziness.
Why it's here
Lengthens the front of the hip, the muscles that sit shortened all day, and gets you out of the chair to do it.
Routines with this move
Related moves
- Standing hip hinge (desk) · Standing
- Standing glute squeeze · Standing
- Sit-to-stand + glute squeeze · Standing
- Seated figure-4 · Seated