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gukl

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Hip flexor stretch...
« on: May 01, 2011, 03:31:32 pm »
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when i do the basic hip flexor stretch....

i can contract my left glute fine and it helps me stretch the hips out better...yet its impossible for me to contract my right glute? i just cant do it....it fires fine in other exercises i think...but this...its non-existant...

any ideas as to why this is? and im guessing its something that needs to be sorted out....single leg glute bridges etc?
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Re: Hip flexor stretch...
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2011, 04:03:02 pm »
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contract it when you stand and then go into the lungestretch.
you could also try to move your pelvis around till its "square"/not twisted. Also try to not overextend your lower back, which makes it harder to contract the glutes and is contraproductive to hip flexor stretching.

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Re: Hip flexor stretch...
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2011, 06:56:06 pm »
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Hmm makes sense but still glute is completely dormant when hip flexors are stretched...i wouldnt even have noticed it was like this if i didnt do that stretch....there doesnt seem to be any difference in strength apart from my right leg rvj being a good few inches below my left...but thats normal i believe...

i think i have really tight hip flexors and once i loosen them up glutes will become more active..maybe its that its fully stretched already and by contracting my glute it would stretch it too much and damaged it so my body involuntarily decides to deactivate it..?

anyway ill do sl glute bridges and birddog stuff + carry on with stretch and see if it improves...

that website is nice though thanks for the reply
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Re: Hip flexor stretch...
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2011, 12:34:03 pm »
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Try alternating your hip flexor stretches with glute bridges. At the same time, dont really stretch the hip flexors, just get into a similar position and contract ur glute. If you can get ur glute to contract, keep it flexed and slowly increase the stretch and see if u can keep it contracted.


I, for one, have never EVER been able to flex my calves.
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Re: Hip flexor stretch...
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2011, 01:58:51 pm »
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Quote from: Dreyth on May 04, 2011, 12:34:03 pm
I, for one, have never EVER been able to flex my calves.

WTF? Just stay on your toes :uhhhfacepalm:
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Re: Hip flexor stretch...
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2011, 04:30:45 pm »
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Quote from: Raptor on May 04, 2011, 01:58:51 pm
Quote from: Dreyth on May 04, 2011, 12:34:03 pm
I, for one, have never EVER been able to flex my calves.

WTF? Just stay on your toes :uhhhfacepalm:

I mean without doing that. I can leave my elbows bent at a certain point and still flex my biceps and/or triceps without extending or flexing at the elbow at all.
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Re: Hip flexor stretch...
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2011, 07:03:32 pm »
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hmm ive tried all this it just wont contact with my knee on ground and foot behind! thing is its only one as well if it was both id think it was normal.

will carry on with bridges and stretches and see if i can improve it...

just wondering though i never noticed this before...and then when i did my ankle i had a good few weeks with no weight on that leg at all, on crutches with a cast....maybe it became 'deactivated' or something?
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Re: Hip flexor stretch...
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2011, 01:07:59 pm »
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Quote from: Dreyth on May 04, 2011, 12:34:03 pm
At the same time, dont really stretch the hip flexors, just get into a similar position and contract ur glute. If you can get ur glute to contract, keep it flexed and slowly increase the stretch and see if u can keep it contracted.

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If the hip extensor, the glute, is flexed (contracted) then the hip flexors have nothing to do but relax and stretch. Same applies for a hamstring stretch: if you really contract your quad then you're going to get much better ROM in that stretch. Protagonist flex = antagonist stretch.
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