Hip Circles (prone)

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Hip Circles (prone) — Body Weight Abductors exercise demonstration
Hip Circles (prone) — Body Weight Abductors exercise demonstration
Body part
Upper Legs
Target
Abductors
Equipment
Body Weight
Secondary
Adductors

Instructions

  1. 1Position yourself on your hands and knees on the ground. Maintaining good posture, raise one bent knee off of the ground. This will be your starting position.
  2. 2Keeping the knee in a bent position, rotate the femur in an arc, attempting to make a big circle with your knee.
  3. 3Perform this slowly for a number of repetitions, and repeat on the other side.

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