Natural Leg Extension
The Natural Leg Extension is a pointed quad exercise using the athlete's bodyweight along with a strong core.
- Type Of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Quadriceps
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Body Only
Natural Leg Extension
- Begin kneeling on the floor with your feet and knees hip-width apart, shins parallel.
- Sit upright, with your knees, hips, and shoulders stacked vertically.
- Engage your glutes and core and lean back, bending purely from your knees.
- Maintain a posterior pelvic tilt and straight knee-to-shoulder body line as your knee angle closes.
- Lean back only as far as you can still pull back up with a straight body.
- Full range of motion is getting your butt to your heels without piking at your hips.
- Reach forward with your hands as you descend for a counter-balance.
- Exercise: Inside Squat
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Quadriceps, Glutes
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Body Only
- Exercise: Shoulder Bridge Leg Curl
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Hamstrings, Glutes
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Slider
