Sit upright with knees bent, hands resting behind you. Cross left ankle over right knee. Let right knee travel out to the ...

That’s because hip flexors—the muscles that allow flexion at the hip joint—play a huge role in fluid running, and a set of tight ones can really mess with your mechanics. That’s where incorporating ...

Here are some easy and effective hip flexor exercises you must try! The hip flexors are a group of muscles that help flex the hips and move the leg up towards the body. The primary hip flexors are ...

In this six-part series, we'll demonstrate quick exercises for different areas of your body every week to help you stay limber.

If you focus on proper form, a consistent mobility and strength routine can significantly improve your hip health. “It’s not ...

When we sit, the hips and knees are flexed at a 90-degree angle. The hip flexors — the muscles that run along the front of the hip — become compressed and shortened. Over time, like a rubber band left ...

If you have a sedentary job where you sit at a desk, table or behind the wheel of a car, there’s a high chance you’ve got tight hip flexors. The group of muscles that allow bending at the hip ...

Build hip flexor strength. Sit on the floor, chest up, legs straight, a kettle-bell or another object just outside your right ankle. Keeping your legs straight, lift your right leg over the object and ...

Also the hip flexor in your quads ... When you are down here, this foot is up like that you will be stretching this muscle in this fashion. All you do is lean forward and that pulls this area ...

Sitting down for long periods of time is bad for a whole host of reasons, but it’s particularly bad for your hip flexors – the five muscles that facilitate movement in the hip joint ...