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✅ Train with us online! 👇🏽 📲 ——• Quads 🆚 Hip Flexors Have you tried this stretch? Comment bellow👇🏽 If there is an stretch I can think of that 99% of people need, is the couch stretch (it goes by other names too). With all the sitting we do, hip flexors tend to get tight, and this stretch is a fantastic way to open them. That said, there will be a difference in the way we perform this stretch. Let’s go through some “simple” anatomy to understand this better: 🎯 Quads — the quadriceps, as the name implies, consist of 4 muscles: rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius. ALL 4 of them crosses the knee joint, and they all perform knee extension. To stretch them, we simply flex the knee as much as we can. ✅ Leaning back in the couch stretch does this. 🎯 Hip Flexors — many muscles assist in hip flexion, including one of the Quads muscles: rectus femoris. However, the main hip flexor and the one I refer in this post is called “the Iliopsoas”. To stretch it we simply do the opposite which is hip extension. ✅ Leaning forward in the couch stretch does this. 📝 Additional notes… ➤ To better stretch the Iliopsoas, keep a posterior pelvic tilt as you lean forward. ➤ To further stretch the rectus femoris (which does both, knee extension and hip flexion), we can combined both stretches (not shown). Simply keep a hold of the back foot and lean forward. This one is intense. ➤ You can choose either or depending on your limitations, but I’ve found most people are tight in both, the quads and hip flexors. I enjoy doing both of them in the same set. ➤ Reps and Sets can be quite simple: lean back (quads) and hold for 30-60sec. Lean forward (hip flexors) and hold for 30-60sec. Do both sides. Repeat for 3-5 rounds. That’s it :) as always, questions bellow! I appreciate you being here. Keep moving Keep improving Keep experiencing With love, Gabo