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Hip Circles (prone)
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Hip Circles (prone)

Position yourself on your hands and knees on the ground. Maintaining good posture, raise one bent knee off of the ground. This will be your starting position.

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About This Exercise

Position yourself on your hands and knees on the ground. Maintaining good posture, raise one bent knee off of the ground. This will be your starting position.

1Setup

Position yourself on your hands and knees on the ground. Maintaining good posture, raise one bent knee off of the ground. This will be your starting position.

2Execution

Keeping the knee in a bent position, rotate the femur in an arc, attempting to make a big circle with your knee. Perform this slowly for a number of repetitions, and repeat on the other side.

Train This Exercise

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Muscles Worked

Front

Back

Primary

Abductors
Adductors

Secondary

How to programme it

Sets2
Default reps30
Rest60 sec
Movement patternPull
Movement typeIsolation

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