Couch stretch
Releases the tight hip flexors that flatten your sprint stride and nag the lower back.
What it works
Hip flexors, Quads
How to do it
- 1Place your back foot up on a wall or bench with the knee on the floor beneath it, then squeeze the glute of that back leg and tuck your pelvis under before rising tall.
- 2Hold 60–90 seconds per side and breathe.
- 3It targets the hip flexors and quads that shorten from sitting, flatten your sprint stride and often refer pain to the lower back.
- 4Intense — build the hold time gradually.
Cues that matter
- ›Squeeze the glute of the back leg
- ›Tuck the pelvis under
- ›Stay tall — don't lean forward
Train the same thing
- Crossing repsBalls + targets · Hip flexors, Quads
- Straight leg raiseNone · Quads, Hip flexors
- Dead bugNone · Deep core, Hip flexors
- Dynamic leg swingsSupport · Hamstrings, Hip flexors, Adductors
- World's greatest stretchNone · Hip flexors, Adductors, T-spine
- 1v1 attacking movesBall + defender/cone · Quads, Glutes, Calves
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