Legs · Bodyweight
Side Lunge Adductor Stretch
How to do the side lunge adductor stretch, 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
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Stand with your feet wide and shift your weight to one side, bending that knee while keeping the opposite leg straight. Sink your hips down to feel the stretch along the inner thigh of the straight leg, hold, then switch sides.
- 1Feel the stretch along the inner thigh of the straight leg
- 2Keep the straight leg's foot flat and toes forward
- 3Sit your hips back and down to deepen the stretch
Common mistakes
- Don't let the bent knee cave inward past your toes
- Avoid rounding your back as you sink down
- Don't bounce into the inner-thigh stretch
Muscles worked
The side lunge adductor stretch mainly works the adductors.
- AdductorsPrimary
- QuadsMinor
- GlutesMinor
- HamstringsMinor
Kovo programs the side lunge adductor stretch 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.