Partner Resistance Exercises: Adductors

Video Transcript

"With this exercise we're going to show how to work the inside part of the thigh, where gravity likes to take its toll. It's also good muscle for various sports such as skiing, anything that you're going to use against gravity to take off with and apply force. So we're going to extend the top leg and with one hand above and below the knee joint, this is resistance and try this without resistance first and then you can have your partner press against as you try to push your leg down, push down on your leg, and then resist up and down. And resist up, you don't want to go any higher then the hip. So you focus that work load right on the inside thigh. Another way would be to take the bottom leg and extend that out, bend this one behind you and as your partner lifts and lowers the front leg, you're resisting again above the knee joint on the right there on the inside thigh. Make sure your partner has their hip stacked, head in line with the spine. And you've got a nice contraction in your abs to support your back. Go ahead and lift and lower. And just lift and lower the leg and with each contraction you're applying passive resistance. Eight to ten reps for beginners, ten to twelve and up beyond to fatigue, working the inside thigh, either the bottom leg or the top leg with resistance."