How To Stretch The Inner Thigh Video

Stretching is important for the slender muscles of the inner thigh, keeping them from tearing or straining during exercise. Learn how to do inner thigh stretch exercises in this strength training video.

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Keep back flat
Don't drop chin to chest
Don't hold your breath
Press elbows outward

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Amy McCauley has been a certified personal fitness trainer since 1995. She specializes in pilates, combat cardio, core conditioning and overall strength training. She works with clients ranging in age from 16 - 69. She has worked at Gold's Gym in Wilmington, NC since 2006. She loves her job because it gives her the opportunity to change peoples' lives in a positive way.

AMY MCCAULEY: Hi. When you're doing your inner thigh stretches, you want to make sure that you're not rounding your back out. You want to keep the back nice and flat. Try to avoid dropping the chin to the chest. Think about lengthening the neck. As you come forward, you're slowly dropping down into your stretch. Allow the knees to gently soften. Try not to let your bottoms slip out off the floor. Relax. Try to get feet closer to you. So, with each breath, you're trying to get those muscles down to the floor allowing them to relax all the way down. Breathe in. Try not to hold your breath. You're holding about 15 more seconds and then you come up. So, if you need help, hands are going to go to either the knees or again the elbows, pressing the elbows outward. If you take the feet out a little bit, you can find a different spot in the hip flexors and come forward. So you got a couple of different variations on this. So, you can either go feet away from you or you can have feet close to you. So, just find where you're comfortable, and that is how you do your inner thigh stretches.

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