Hip flexor strength is an area gaining a lot of attention and for good reason. Many are starting to realize that weakness over tight areas is what’s holding us back. Today we’ll look at some hip flexor exercises you can start adding to your warm up ASAP for results.
It’s often assumed that when we experience certain injuries or have pain in our hip region it’s because we have tight hip flexors.
So we do hip flexor stretches. And we stretch. And we stretch. And we stretch some more. Maybe we experience relief, at least temporarily, but it’s also possible that we perceive no change or things get worse.
But why?
It’s possible that instead of tight hip flexors, we actually have weak hip flexors.
The good news is that we can fix that by focusing on specific exercises that strengthen these all-important muscles that power our everyday movement.
Keep reading to learn more about the signs and symptoms of weak hip flexors, the benefits to having strong hip flexors, and the best exercises to help strengthen them.
What are the Hip Flexors?
The hip flexors are an important group of muscles with a hefty job. Their main responsibility is to flex the hip, bringing the knee upwards toward the body.
The muscles that make up the hip flexors include the iliacus, the psoas, the…
