Pull to Standing Straddle
Pull to Standing Straddle is a mobility drill to strengthen the adductors, or groin muscles. This exercise should only be attempted by those with pancake and middle split mobility, as well as moderate amounts of adductor strength.
- Type Of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Hips, Hamstrings
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only
Pull to Standing Straddle
- Sit in a straddle on the floor with your hips at approximately a 90-degree angle.
- Point your knees to the ceiling, lock them, engage your quads, and point your toes.
- Now sit up completely straight with an anterior pelvic tilt (APT).
- Reach forward with your arms, leaning slightly with your chest, and slowly pulling your arms out to your sides as you stand up.
- As you stand up onto your feet, keep them in the same place on the floor.
- Reverse the motions to descend carefully to the floor, keep your knees locked throughout, and repeat for reps.
- Exercise: Inverted Straddle Extension
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Hips, Hamstrings
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Stall Bars
- Exercise: Pancake Walk
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Hips, Hamstrings
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Body Only, Yoga Block
