How to Do the IT Band and Glute Stretch
💪 Abductors🏋️ Other📊 Intermediate🏷️ Stretching
How to perform it
- Loop a belt, rope, or band around one of your feet, and swing that leg across your body to the opposite side, keeping the leg extended as you lay on the ground. This will be your starting position.
- Keeping your foot off of the floor, pull on the belt, using the tension to pull the toes up. Hold for 10-20 seconds, and repeat on the other side.
Muscles worked
The IT Band and Glute Stretch primarily targets your Abductors. You'll need other.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the IT Band and Glute Stretch slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.