How to Do the Chair Leg Extended Stretch

Beginner · Other · Targets Hamstrings, Adductors

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Chair Leg Extended Stretch demonstration
💪 Hamstrings, Adductors🏋️ Other📊 Beginner🏷️ Stretching

How to perform it

  1. Sit upright in a chair and grip the seat on the sides.
  2. Raise one leg, extending the knee, flexing the ankle as you do so.
  3. Slowly move that leg outward as far as you can, and then back to the center and down.
  4. Repeat for your other leg.

Muscles worked

The Chair Leg Extended Stretch primarily targets your Hamstrings, with support from your Adductors. You'll need other.

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