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How to Do Adductor/Groin

Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the adductor/groin.

How to do it

1. Lie on your back with your feet raised towards the ceiling.
2. Have your partner hold your feet or ankles. Abduct your legs as far as you can. This will be your starting position.
3. Attempt to squeeze your legs together for 10 or more seconds, while your partner prevents you from doing so.
4. Now, relax the muscles in your legs as your partner pushes your feet apart, stretching as far as is comfortable for you. Be sure to let your partner know when the stretch is adequate to prevent overstretching or injury.

Form tips

• Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
• Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
• Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
• Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).

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Exercise photos and instructions: free-exercise-db (public domain). Animation made from the real start and end photos.