Quad Stretches

Video Transcript

"In this clip we are going to take a look at the quadriceps stretch. This is a stretching exercise that is going to be the front part of your thigh, more commonly known. Now we are going to show you how to do the quadriceps stretch. What you are going to want to do is be standing up. You are going to bend your knee behind you. Either left or right, it doesn't really matter where you start. You are going to want to grab your ankle and gently pull your heel toward your buttocks until you feel a gentle pull on the front of your thigh. You are going to want to hold for about ten to twenty seconds. Always remember to breath. At this point you are going to relax, drop the foot, and then switch sides and repeat on the other. Now for this exercise It is really important to isolate the quadriceps muscle. In order to isolate a specific muscle you have to make sure you are really maintaining your proper positions. To show it to you, at first you want to make sure you have a natural lumbar position here and then coming in. You do not want to be forward, you do not want to be back. Now when you bring the leg up it is important to keep this neutral, keep it straight here. You do not want the leg to wing out as you go up. You want to keep it nice and straight like so and then come up. That is the quadriceps stretch. Now we are going to move on to the next stretch. One more quick tip, a lot of people have a tough time with balance. You can either obviously if you are standing by a wall, support yourself on the wall which would be the obvious choice. But if for some reason you are not near a wall you can always just place your finger on your bellybutton and this helps maintain balance."