Hip Adduction Machine

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Watch Hip Adduction Machine

Technique

How to perform Hip Adduction Machine

1. Sit against the adductor machine's backrest and position the inner sides of your thighs against its pads.
2. Place your feet on the provided supports, select the resistance and adjust the starting width to a controlled range.
3. Keep your pelvis and torso still as you draw the thighs inward against the pads.
4. Bring the pads together without jerking or using torso movement to finish.
5. Resist the machine as your thighs separate back to the starting width.
6. Reset before the next repetition.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Adductor Magnus, Adductor Longus, Gracilis, Pectineus.