Legs · Bodyweight
Side Lunge Stretch
How to do the side lunge 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 feet wide apart and toes pointing forward. Shift your weight to one side, bending that knee while keeping the other leg straight, and sink down until you feel a stretch through the inner thigh of the straight leg. Hold the stretch, then shift to the other side.
- 1Feel the stretch along the inner thigh of the straight leg
- 2Keep your chest up and your weight in the heel of the bent leg
- 3Sink slowly and breathe into the stretch
Common mistakes
- Do not let the bent knee cave inward
- Avoid rounding your back to reach lower
- Do not bounce; hold the stretch steady
Muscles worked
The side lunge stretch mainly works the adductors, with the quads, glutes, and hamstrings assisting.
- AdductorsPrimary
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- 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.