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Roll Ball Side Lying Inner Thigh Active
How to do the roll ball side lying inner thigh active, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Roll Ball
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Lie on your side with a roll ball placed under your inner thigh. Actively press your leg into the ball and roll slowly along the inner thigh, pausing on tender spots and contracting then relaxing the muscle to release the adductors.
- 1A release along the inner thigh as you roll over the ball
- 2The adductor softening when you pause on a tight spot
- 3Slow, deliberate pressure rather than fast rolling
Common mistakes
- Rolling too quickly to feel anything
- Holding your breath through the tender spots
- Putting so much weight on it that you tense up
Muscles worked
The roll ball side lying inner thigh active mainly works the adductors.
- AdductorsPrimary
- HamstringsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
Kovo programs the roll ball side lying inner thigh active 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.