Supine Flair
The supine flair is an active mobility exercise, focused on muscle activation around the hip joint. Prior flexibility is necessary for full range of motion, but anyone can begin to work their hip joints with this exercise.
- Type Of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Hips, Hamstrings
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Body Only
Supine Flair
- Lie on your back with your legs extended.
- Straighten both of your knees and hover your right leg just off the floor.
- Raise your left leg straight up as high as possible (get it as close to your left shoulder as possible).
- Initiate the flair by sweeping your right leg out wide and straddling your left as much as possible.
- Perform a sweeping, circular motion with each until you reverse your starting leg positions.
- Repeat this motion back-and-forth for reps.
- Some hip popping is normal but it should never be uncomfortable or painful; if it is, reduce the range of motion.
- Exercise: Isometric Middle Split
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Hips
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Body Only, Slider
- Exercise: Pancake Roll Through
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Hips, Hamstrings
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Body Only
