 Alright, so I wanted to make a quick video today just showing you guys how to do a hip flexor stretch Here's my assistant Scott and So the hip flexor stretch is probably the most important stretch that you'll do as a runner Most runners will benefit from it. Of course, if you're already Flexible you might not need to do it, but even just as maintenance it could be a good idea But for most of us certainly myself I am a little tight in the hip flexors So that's you know going down here because we're sitting so much right? We're sitting and these hip flexors get tight and as a runner You want to be able to extend your leg behind you when you're moving forward, right? so getting your getting the most out of your glutes and your hamstrings and and just being able to push off Efficiently you want to be able to get your leg behind you and that's where tight hip flexors can actually be an obstacle so Couple times a week even after every run you could add in a hip flexor stretch. It is very simple. You just stand like this and and Push forward so the whole idea here is that if I'm just standing in this position I don't necessarily stretch my hip flexors because my pelvis is sort of tilted Forward so if you imagine the pelvis being a bowl like a salad bowl and it's going around here the edge If we're tilting it forward to toss the salad out and that would be like Pushing back and arching your back like that. That's what happens typically when you have tight hip flexors and That's not what we want to do when we do a stretch We want to tilt our pelvis backwards Towards a neutral position or even a little bit Further so that's basically done essentially you you're gonna Thrust your hips forward like that so in this position you thrust your hips forward and then you should start feeling a stretch here and Across the hip basically and when you feel that stretch you just you could just hold your arms here and you just sit sit down a little bit in the stretch and That's it basically You never want to go to the point where you have pain in a stretch My assistant is demanding me to throw the ball there we go You don't you don't want to get pain in a stretch But you want to go to the point of discomfort just like discomfort and hold it there if you're working on Improving the length of your tendons and muscles, which means increasing your Mobility then you probably want to hold a stretch for like 30 seconds to even a minute Then you can shift over to the other side same thing here tilt Thrust hips forward tilt the pelvis and sit down on the stretch Hold 30 seconds to a minute and then repeat so maybe do three times on each side and that's a pretty good Session you just definitely want to be warmed up though before you do it Some people can also do it like this or another way to do it is to put your knee back down and Then move forward again same principles, but I don't I don't like it I just kind of feel I get some knee pain from that. So I just like to stand up, but really the key is to just thrust your hips forward tighten your abs and Just hang out there for for like a minute or like David Goggins just hang out there for like four hours I don't know if that's a good idea, but Anyway, so that's the hip flicks a stretch Couple times a week definitely a good idea as a runner if you are interested in coaching I offer custom training plans Monthly subscriptions where I'll continually update your training plan will stay in touch will have consultations And I'll help you as you evolve as a runner. Just go check out my website. There's a link in the description I could even help you with some stretching if you want to work on that aspect of your fitness So thanks for watching subscribe like and share this video And take a look at the view Mads my brother filming take a quick sweep around that's my mom and Have the cabin having an awesome time