Last but not least some extra exercises that came as some runner ups were L - Sits, L - Sit Iron Crosses, Handstands Push ups, Squatting on the ends of the barbells for instability, and abductor
adductor exercise in which you stand on the ends of the barbells and while using a spotter, spread your legs using abduction, and then squeeze your feet back together to a stand.
So it doesn't matter if your goal is tighter thighs or a stronger squat,
the adductor exercise should be on your list.
This exercise is great to use in tandem with the seated
adductor exercise for overall thigh development.
Tightening adductor (inner thigh) muscles during a pelvic floor contraction is generally not recommended in Australia, and
adductor exercises with a band and ball are not understood to strengthen the pelvic floor.
Not exact matches
Apart from feeling chuffed, with regular splits practice you'll help to prevent injuries caused by other
exercises by conditioning your hamstrings,
adductors, hip flexors and quadriceps.
The first
exercise that comes to mind is the
adductor machine.
The hip thrust actually activates the hams, quads and
adductors very thoroughly and efficiently as well, which makes it the perfect all - in - one
exercise for building the entire thigh musculature.
Hip and Groin stretching
exercises including standing groin stretch, long
adductor stretch, piriformis Stretch and hip flexor stretch.
However, the nature of the
exercise is pretty bulking to the calves and thighs (quadriceps, hamstrings,
adductors).
Read all about the seated
adductor machine for the ideal complement to the seated abductor
exercise.
But none of these
exercises can compare to the focused tension and dynamic stabilizing requirement placed on the
adductors by the Cable Cross-Over variation of this
exercise.
While squats can strengthen your
adductors, to really zero in on your inner thighs Trink recommends performing lateral lunges and
exercise band movements in which the thighs move together against resistance.
Intervention — any acute study assessing the muscle activity of the
adductors (
adductor group,
adductor magnus, or
adductor longus) during the squat
exercise
However, increases in muscle fascicle length are also likely dependent on the mechanical load incurred by the prime mover, as knee flexion (hamstring only)
exercise seems to lead to greater adaptations in the hamstrings than hip extension (hamstring, gluteus maximus, and
adductor magnus)
exercise, even when muscle length at peak contraction is shorter (Bourne et al. 2016).
It's a closed - chain
exercise, which simply - defined means that you're moving your body rather than the resistance (the opposite would be open - chain, which is what the
adductor machine is where your limbs are moving the resistance).
It's a free weight
exercise that uses the
adductors as they're meant to be used... in a compound movement where you're actually MOVING (unlike that machine).
Bottom line is this... whether you're male or female, if you're looking for improvements in your
adductors / inner thighs, THIS
exercise should be on your to - do list, even it's just something as simple as finishing each workout with a single set of it.
Stick to compound resistance
exercises and unilateral
exercises and you'll work your abductors and
adductors safely and you'll get much better results.
Aside from helping to prevent injuries, there's another reason: thanks to the good old 9 - 5 spent sitting on our tush, most people have weak glutes, tight hip flexors and tight hamstrings, which means if they dive straight into the
exercises they don't target their glutes, but rather other muscles like the thighs (quadriceps in the front,
adductors on the inside and hamstrings at the back).
This very simple
exercise allows you to target your
adductors (isometrically) and abductors in the lateral movement pattern quickly and easily, while giving you the option to add substantial resistance, once your body is ready for it.
Your inner thigh (
adductors), abs, and shoulders (lats / latissimus dorsi) all work in this
exercise.
This particular foam roller
exercise should in fact be an important part of your foam rolling routines as
adductor is one area that often gets neglected when maintaining your muscle health.
Some common
adductor / inner thigh exercises are... Standing Cable Adduction Side Lying Ankle Weight Adductions Seated Adductor / Inner Thigh
adductor / inner thigh
exercises are... Standing Cable Adduction Side Lying Ankle Weight Adductions Seated
Adductor / Inner Thigh
Adductor / Inner Thigh Machine
Single Leg Squats: This
exercise will target not only quads and hamstrings, but also your stabilizing
adductor muscles.
Given the equal roles of the hip and knee extensors in this
exercise, it is difficult to identify whether the effects of squat training achieves improvements in COD ability through increases in quadriceps or hip extensor (
adductor magnus, gluteus maximus, and hamstrings) muscle size.
They are powerful flexors and extensors, not just
adductors, and we're able to harness the full power of our hips, posterior muscles balanced through the balls of your feet performing this
exercise.
Although traditionally only deadlift and lunges are used for training the hip extensors (medial and lateral hamstrings, gluteus maximus, and
adductor magnus), there is evidence that some
exercises emphasize each of these muscle groups to a different extent, and also that some
exercises target different regions within each of the muscles more than others.
Studies assessing the effects of different resistance training
exercises on the EMG amplitude in the whole
adductor complex have reported slightly conflicting results.
This suggests that the lunge is a superior
exercise for the
adductor magnus than the leg curl.
This section provides a summary of the long - term resistance training
exercise programs for the
adductors.
A great many studies have recorded
adductor longus EMG amplitude during rehabilitation
exercises (Boudreau et al. 2008; Dwyer et al. 2010; Hu et al. 2011; Lovell et al. 2012; Serner et al. 2013; Delmore et a;.
Studies have found that hip adduction
exercises are superior to quadriceps squeezes for activating the
adductors and that isometric
adductor squeezes in 45 degrees of hip flexion are superior to those in 0 or 90 degrees of hip flexion (Zakaria et al. 1997; Delahunt et al. 2011).
During rehabilitation
exercises involving hip adduction, the
adductors may be preferentially activated at different degrees of hip flexion.
BENEFITS: This
exercise targets your groin /
adductor flexibility as well as overall hip joint mobility.
Read more about isolation
exercises for the legs in our articles about leg curls and leg extensions, and seated
adductor and seated abductor machines.
BENEFITS: This
exercise targets strength and mobility of your hip and
adductor / groin muscle groups.