@ben_yanes: The word “tight” is so overused that it means nothing. Everyone seems like they have a personal vendetta against the hip flexors. But the hip flexors are just a muscle group - like any other in the body - that contract to perform a function. I’m not exactly sure where this fascination with stretching hip flexors comes from, but it seems most likely that it has to do with the fact that most people are sitting on their assess for 10+ hours every day. So, we’ve set a muscle group up to fail, and then we blame them for being “tight”. So, what do we do? Apply a band-aid to the problem with stretching! Instead of stretching, which ultimately won’t change the stimulus for creating “tight” hip flexors to begin with, I contend that we can do two things to alleviate our hips feeling restricted: walk more, and train them directly.

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Friday 03 May 2024 14:08:10 GMT