Adductor / Adduction Inner Thigh Machine
How to Do Adductor / Adduction Inner Thigh Machine
- Set up an adductor machine by selecting and appropriate weight and adjusting the seat and leg pads to a comfortable position.
- If fitted, grasp the handles on each side of the machine.
- Keep your entire upper body straight and stationary with your back pressed firmly against the back rest. This is the start position.
- While exhaling, press against the legs pads of the machine with your legs, and bring your thighs close together.
- When you feel a slight stretching in your adductors, pause for a count of one squeezing them as you do so.
- In a controlled movement, return to the start position, inhaling as you do so.
- Repeat.
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Related Glutes & Hip Flexors Exercises
Seated Knee / Leg Lifts / Elevations
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Adductor / Adduction Inner Thigh Machine Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Adductor / Adduction Inner Thigh Machine targets glutes & hip flexors. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: full gym.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Seated knee / leg lifts / elevations, kettlebell around the worlds and lying side leg lifts / lateral raises / hip abductors / adductors. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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