Legs · Bodyweight
Adductors Stretch Sagittal Plane
How to do the adductors stretch sagittal plane, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Stand with a wide stance and shift your weight forward over one leg, bending that knee while keeping the trailing leg straight. Keep your hips facing forward as you sink down until you feel a stretch along the inner thigh of the straight leg. Hold, then switch sides.
- 1Feel the stretch run along the inner thigh of the straight leg
- 2Keep your hips square and facing forward
- 3Sink slowly and breathe to let the inner thigh release
Common mistakes
- Do not let the bent knee travel past your toes
- Avoid bouncing into the stretch
- Do not round your back as you lean forward
Muscles worked
The adductors stretch sagittal plane mainly works the adductors.
- AdductorsPrimary
- HamstringsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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More hips & adductors exercises
- How to do the butterfly stretch
- How to do the external rotation
- How to do the cable hip adduction
- How to do the internal rotation
- How to do the cobra pose
- How to do the core scrunch
Last reviewed June 2026.