Variations: If chairs are not available, you can perform this exercise flat on the floor with one leg straight and
opposite leg bent with your foot flat on the floor.
Not exact matches
Some stretches include making circular motions with each ankle clockwise and counter-clockwise or standing up in the aisle and
bending at the waist to reach for your toes to stretch hamstrings or standing on one
leg bending the
opposite knee to bring the heel to your buttock and holding for 15 seconds while grabbing onto a seat for balance support.
Here's how to do it: Stand with your feet together,
bend your knees enough to connect to those inner thigh muscles, stretch your arms out to your side, take one arm and cross it over the other and press the palms together,
bend your knees a little deeper now and take the
opposite leg and squeeze it tight so those inner thighs are wrapped together, if you can wrap your
leg around the bottom ankle do so, keep squeezing those inner thighs the whole time to help you control this move, find that focus and take a deep breath in, come up to stand and repeat it on the other side.
Kick one
leg through to the
opposite side, keeping your arms nice and straight — not
bending your elbows.
Balancing on one
leg, reach toward the floor with the
opposite arm, keeping the supporting
leg slightly
bent.
Sit on the floor with one
leg extended at a 45 degree angle and your other
leg bent with your foot touching its
opposite groin.
Laying flat on your back,
bend your right
leg and place the foot firmly on the ground aligned with the
opposite knee.
Remind these employees to be aware of not standing with what I call the «baby hip» — one knee
bent with all the weight shifted to the
opposite leg so that the hip is pushed out.
As you
bend the front knee your partner should firmly pull the strap against the inner groin, resisting it
opposite to the movement of the front
leg.
Single
Leg Deadlifts, raise one
leg straight back,
bend at the hips and grab the dumbbell with the
opposite arm, slowly straighten up to a standing position, repeat on each side.
Raise the
bent leg and use the
opposite arm to pull the
leg across your body.
Straighten your lifted
leg up to the ceiling or try
bending it and placing your ankle on the thigh of the
opposite leg (the one still on the floor) for a hip opener.
Slowly
bend forward while lifting one
leg back behind you and reaching your
opposite arm out straight in front of you.
Keep your other
leg bent with your left foot near the
opposite inner thigh muscle.
Take a tiny
bend in the back knee to avoid locking it, and think about turning the kneecap and the inner thigh flesh up and out, away from the
opposite leg.
Or,
bend one
leg at a time, bearing more weight on the
opposite leg and then switch the
leg.
Squat deeply and
bend generously with the
opposite (standing -
leg) knee.
While
bending at the hips and keeping your back
leg straight, lean towards the
opposite foot of the kettlebell overhead (if the right hand is holding the kettlebell overhead,
bend towards your left foot while keeping your right
leg straight).
While
bending at the hips and keeping your back
leg straight, lean towards the
opposite foot of your overhead hand (if the right hand is held overhead,
bend towards your left foot while keeping your right
leg straight).
Start in a forward lunge position, with front
leg bent and back
leg straight, jump up and simultaneously switch
leg positions, so that
opposite leg is forward and then pulse up and down 3 times.
I'm able to hold a Tree Pose (balancing on one
leg with the other
bent and placed on the
opposite leg's inner thigh), with minimal
leg - shaking and more ease than I realised.