Hip Extension Progression
Cross-source consensus on Hip Extension Progression from 1 sources and 6 claims.
1 sources · 6 claims
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- Restoring hip extension is the first priority before challenging it with opposite-side hip flexion. — Hip Separation, Spinal Extension, and Serratus Anterior
- A basic progression can start from a bilateral hip-flexed setup and use bridging, pushing, or pelvic tilting to drive hip extension. — Hip Separation, Spinal Extension, and Serratus Anterior
- The same hip separation principles can transfer into standing drills such as squats, wall sprint drills, sprinter step-ups, split squats, marches, A-skips, and sprints. — Hip Separation, Spinal Extension, and Serratus Anterior
- Progressions can advance through long-lever, hip thrust, single-leg, and opposite-side flexion variations. — Hip Separation, Spinal Extension, and Serratus Anterior
- Wall drive drills can help restore hip extension limitations when performed with appropriate pelvic, glute, and toe-off cues. — Hip Separation, Spinal Extension, and Serratus Anterior
- For sprint-relevant goals, progressions should eventually approximate hip positions used in sprinting, including roughly 90 degrees or more of hip flexion. — Hip Separation, Spinal Extension, and Serratus Anterior