straddlyPancake Stretch
Muscles worked
Main muscles
- Adductor Longus
- Adductor Magnus
- Biceps Femoris (Long Head)
- Semitendinosus
Also working
- Erector Spinae
- Gracilis
What it is
Sitting with the legs wide apart, you fold the torso forward toward the floor. It stretches the hamstrings and adductors. Lead with the chest, not the head.
Technique tips
- Sit with the legs wide
- Point the knees and toes up
- Hinge forward from the hips
- Keep the back long
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.
