Hip flexor exercises
The hip flexors lift your knee toward your chest — every sprint stride and leg raise trains them. Long hours of sitting can leave them feeling tight, so pair strengthening with mobility work.
26 exercises
Main movers
- Ab CoasterBeginnerMachine
- Banded Reverse CrunchIntermediateBand
- Barbell Sit-UpIntermediateBarbell
- Captain's Chair Knee RaiseBeginnerMachine
- Captain's Chair Leg RaiseIntermediateMachine
- Couch stretchAdvancedBodyweight
- Decline Dumbbell Sit-UpAdvancedDumbbells
- Dumbbell Reverse CrunchIntermediateDumbbells
- Dumbbell Sit-UpIntermediateDumbbells
- Hip flexor stretchBeginnerBodyweight
- Lying Cable Leg RaiseIntermediateCable
- Standing Cable Knee RaiseBeginnerCable
- Standing Cable Leg RaiseIntermediateCable
- World's greatest stretchIntermediateBodyweight
Also worked
- 90/90 hip switchBeginnerBodyweight
- Abdominal Crunch MachineBeginnerMachine
- Banded Dead BugBeginnerBand
- Dead bugBeginnerBodyweight
- Dumbbell Toe TouchIntermediateDumbbells
- Foam roll quadsBeginnerBodyweight
- Hanging leg raiseIntermediateBodyweight
- High kneesBeginnerBodyweight
- Hollow body holdIntermediateBodyweight
- Kneeling Abdominal Crunch MachineBeginnerMachine
- Mountain climberBeginnerBodyweight
- Reverse crunchBeginnerBodyweight