Body Weight Exercises: Hip Flexor Stretches

Video Transcript

"The hip flexor; where is that? If you haven't heard of it, you should know where it is and what to do with it. It's right here. A lot of people have low back problems from tight hip flexors. In fact, see someone kind of standing here, you know, or in funny positions. Oftentimes, it's from tight hip flexors. You do any spinning indoor cycling, oh my goodness, you have got to get this lengthen out. How do we do that? Very basic way to do it would be to take this leg back, line up my front knee and ankle and simply take my leg back. This position here isn't doing much for me, but as soon as I lower down; notice that I'm not bending my back leg. I'm bending my front leg and I'm coming down, "whooh", right in here. Come down a little bit more, "oh my goodness, really stretching". Am I leaning forward? I'm trying not to, right in here. Now, what if I come down to the ground, you've seen this in probably yoga, excellent position this too. I can bring it forward, okay, and I'm going to stretch my hamstrings as well. Hip flexor stretch, okay, very important. This is one of those that I think a lot of people forget to put in their exercise, stretching, you know, the whole situation and really think about the importance of it. So don't skip out on the hip flexor both sides. Hold your stretch a good ten to twenty seconds on each side if you can."