If you love to do lunges and squats, then you probably have experience with hip tightness. Your hips are the engine that powers all of your favorite leg moves, so it’s important to keep them loose and healthy for a better workout.
Start loosening it up with this band stretch, demonstrated in the video above by Dan Giordano and Ryan Chow of Bespoke Treatments.
“We’re going to use this band to open up your hips,” says Giordano. “This is something we can do on a daily basis to help open up those hips, which will help you get deeper into your squat and help you with lateral movements.”
Attach a band to a wall and put your left leg through it. Pull it up as high as you can, into the pelvic area.
Kneel on a padded area to protect your knees, and bring your right leg back into a full stretch. “By doing this with the band, we’re going to cause that lateral perpendicular distraction,” says Giordano.
That’s a good start, but to take it even further, cross that right leg behind your body and rock back and forth. “What’s that’s going to do is find those restrictions. What I want you to do is stop, hold it, and let it release,” says Giordano. “If you feel there’s a pinch in the front of your hip on this side, you want to distract more—so if there is a pinch, we’re going to move more away from the anchor point.”
Start squatting—and really just moving—better than ever.
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