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Flexibility exercise

Hip Circles

How to do it

  1. Stand with feet hip-width apart and hands resting on your hips.
  2. Shift your weight slightly onto one leg to free the opposite hip to move.
  3. Trace a slow, wide circle with the hips, moving forward, to the side, back, and around in one continuous path.
  4. Keep the circles smooth and controlled rather than jerky or rushed.
  5. Breathe naturally throughout, completing circles in one direction before reversing.
  6. Keep the knees soft and the motion centered in the hips rather than the lower back.

Muscles worked

Hip FlexorsGroup of muscles including the iliopsoas responsible for lifting the thigh toward the torso. All Hip Flexors exercises
Gluteus MaximusLargest gluteal muscle responsible for hip extension and external rotation. All Gluteus Maximus exercises

Related Hip Flexors exercises

90/90 Hip StretchGlute Stretch (Pigeon)Pigeon PoseCobra StretchCouch StretchFlutter Kick
Type
Flexibility
Primary muscles
Hip Flexors, Gluteus Maximus
Measured in
Reps