How To Increase Leg Flexibility With Isolated Stretches Video

Leg flexibility is important for mobility and overall health. Using isolated stretches for each muscle or muscle group will help with flexibility. Learn how to do leg flexibility exercises in this stretching and flexibility video.

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Stretch hamstrings by leaning forward
Hold your foot and pull back to stretch quadriceps
Keep knee close to the ground

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Tom Clifford has a degree in physical education, fitness and health from Eastern Michigan University, where he ran track and cross-country. Tom has worked as a personal trainer for two years. He also has a separate business where he coaches runners and triathletes for upcoming events. He currently works at Gold's Gym in Wilmington, North Carolina.

TOM CLIFFORD: Now, I'm going to demonstrate how to increase leg flexibility with isolated stretches. So to increase hamstring flexibility, which is one part of your leg, you put your foot in towards your groin on the inside of your hip and stretch forward, keeping your knee down as close as you can to the ground, really feeling your hamstring. Bring your head down as close as you can to your knee. That's going to stretch the back of you leg. And then if you just turn to the side, on your side, and grab the back of your leg and pull back, this is the prone quad stretch and you'll feel, you'll stretch pulling back. You'll feel the front of your legs stretch out. So you're feeling the quadricep muscle, which is the front of your leg by pulling down. So that's real quick way to stretch the back of your leg and the front of your leg in pretty much the same position. So some points to remember is to keep your knee down as close as you can to the ground, you don't want your knee up high, you don't want space in between your knee and the ground when you're doing a hamstring stretch. And when you do the quad stretch, all you have to do is just turn over on one side, on your elbow, and pull back, pulling a little bit forward with your quad muscle and pulling back at the same time with your hand. And that's really going to stretch the entire quad muscle best as possible. That's how you do leg stretches.

How to Increase Leg Flexibility with Isolated Stretches Video

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