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On Your Side Quad Stretch

How to do the On Your Side Quad Stretch with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

IsolationBeginnerStatic
Primary muscles

Quads

Secondary

Equipment

Bodyweight

Step by step

How to do the On Your Side Quad Stretch

  1. 1

    Start off by lying on your right side, with your right knee bent at a 90-degree angle resting on the floor in front of you (this stabilizes the torso).

  2. 2

    Bend your left knee behind you and hold your left foot with your left hand. To stretch your hip flexor, press your left hip forward as you push your left foot back into your hand. Switch sides.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every On Your Side Quad Stretch set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your quads volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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