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Beginner exercise

Standing Wide-Legged Forward Fold

Also called Prasarita Padottanasana

  • Flexibility
  • Range Of Motion And Yoga

Technique

How to perform Standing Wide-Legged Forward Fold

  1. Stand with your feet comfortably wider than your shoulders and your toes facing forward or slightly inward.
  2. Soften your knees and hinge from your hips, placing your hands on the floor or stable blocks.
  3. Keep weight distributed through both feet and let the torso lower only as far as you can breathe comfortably.
  4. Press through your feet and return to standing with control.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

MuscleScoreRole
Adductor Longus0.9Mobility Target
Adductor Magnus0.9Mobility Target
Biceps Femoris0.9Mobility Target
Gracilis0.9Mobility Target
Semimembranosus0.9Mobility Target
Semitendinosus0.9Mobility Target