Thigh Adductor

What it is

This isolation exercise uses a specialized machine to strengthen the adductor muscles on your inner thighs. You'll sit and press your legs together against resistance. While primarily working your adductors, it also engages your glutes and hamstrings as secondary muscles.

Technique tips

• Keep your upper body stable and pressed against the back pad.
• Control the movement on both the contraction and the return.
• Exhale as you press your legs together, inhale on the way back.
• Avoid fast, jerking motions to protect your joints and muscles.
• Focus on feeling the inner thigh muscles actively working.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.