How to Do the Iron Crosses (stretch)
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💪 Quadriceps🏋️ Bodyweight📊 Intermediate🏷️ Stretching
How to perform it
- Lie face down on the floor, with your arms extended out to your side, palms pressed to the floor. This will be your starting position.
- To begin, flex one knee and bring that leg across the back of your body, attempting to touch it to the ground near the opposite hand.
- Promptly return the leg to the starting postion, and quickly repeat with the other leg. Continue alternating for 10-20 repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Iron Crosses (stretch) primarily targets your Quadriceps. No equipment needed — train it anywhere.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Iron Crosses (stretch) slots into a plan built for your goal — sets and reps set in the plan, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly check-in that adjusts your calories, macros and step goal.