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How to Do Lying Prone Quadriceps

Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the lying prone quadriceps.

How to do it

1. Lay face down on the floor with your partner kneeling beside you. Flex one knee and raise that leg off the ground, attempting to touch your glutes with your foot. Your partner should hold the knee and ankle. This will be your starting position.
2. Attempt to extend your knee while your partner prevents any actual movement.
3. After 10-20 seconds, relax your muscles as your partner gently pushes the foot towards your glutes, further stretching the quadriceps and hip flexors.
4. After 10-20 seconds, switch sides.

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.