On Your Side Quad Stretch

What it is

This static stretch effectively targets your quadriceps, the large muscles on the front of your thighs. Performed on your side, it allows you to isolate these muscles for a focused and deep stretch. You will use no equipment, making this movement accessible in any location.

Technique tips

• Use your bent bottom leg to stabilize your torso on the ground.
• Gently pull your heel towards your glutes for an effective quadriceps stretch.
• Keep your knee in line with your hip to maximize the stretch.
• To also engage your hip flexor, press your hip slightly forward.
• Maintain a neutral spine; avoid arching your lower back.
• Breathe steadily and relax deeper into the stretch with each exhale.

How to track your progress

Log the hold time of each set. Straddly keeps your best hold for this exercise and tells you when you beat it, so a two-second gain does not go unnoticed.