Legs · Bodyweight
Kneeling Hip Flexor Sagital
How to do the kneeling hip flexor sagital, 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
- Extension
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Kneel on one knee with the front foot flat on the floor. Glide your hips forward in a straight front-to-back line while standing tall, feeling the stretch run down the front of the rear hip and thigh. Hold, then return.
- 1A long stretch down the front of the rear-leg hip flexor and quad
- 2The rear glute engaging to control the forward glide
- 3A stacked, upright torso with the core braced
Common mistakes
- Tipping the pelvis forward and arching the low back
- Driving the front knee well past the toes
- Forcing or bouncing instead of holding the position
Muscles worked
The kneeling hip flexor sagital mainly works the hip flexors, with the quads assisting.
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- QuadsSupport
- Upper AbsMinor
- GlutesMinor
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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.