Legs · Leverage Machine
Lever Seated Hip Adduction
How to do the lever seated hip adduction, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Extension
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Sit in the hip adduction machine with the pads against the inside of your thighs and your legs spread to a comfortable stretch. Squeeze your knees together against the resistance, then let them open back out under control.
- 1Your inner thighs contracting as you pull your knees together
- 2A controlled stretch through the groin at the open position
- 3Your back and pelvis steady against the seat
Common mistakes
- Do not slam your knees together or use momentum
- Avoid opening into a range that pinches or strains the groin
- Do not lift your hips off the seat to assist
Muscles worked
The lever seated hip adduction mainly works the adductors, with the glutes assisting.
- AdductorsPrimary
- GlutesSupport
- Lower AbsMinor
- QuadsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
Kovo programs the lever seated hip adduction for you and tracks it every session.
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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.