Hip Adduction

Teaching Points

• Attach one end of the band to a stationary object and the wrap the other end around the ankle closest to it
  
  
• Start with the leg abducted (away from the other leg) and pull it in, across your body, keeping the knee straight
  
  
• Try to keep the hips level throughout the exercise
  
  
• Hold onto something for balance if you need to
  
  
• Slowly return to the starting position

Muscles Worked

• Adductor Magnus
  
  
• Adductor Longus
  
  
• Adductor Brevis
  
  
• Gracilis
  
  
• Pectineus

Alternative exercises

• Adduction using body weight
  
  
• Inner thigh resistance machine
  
  
• Inner thigh using a swiss ball

Related Injuries

• Groin strains