Train Your Damn Hip Flexors!

[findus]

Remember, before brushing your teeth you should brace your core

[mikehallishere]

That's very interesting. I train them with bands or leg raises or with the monkey feet attachment but I had no idea about the bracing first. Good stuff as always!

[jessidurmis]

I brace my core like my life depends on it for every rep of everything

[nesto]

For around four years I've had pain in my legs, apparently it's this muscle...

[freshstart]

I'm fifty years old and have been training for thirty six years. I find these videos to be amazingly helpful. I'm grateful for the intellectual effort others have put into sports physiology. I show my gratefulness by being receptive to new information..

[marcayu]

This is very interesting information. Almost all the lifting information focuses just on body building, but actually knowing which excercises can make your body stronger and functional is far better.
Thanks for that.

[flor.]

One of the reasons I’m getting closer to being able to squat is activating my hip flexors better

[kwasiahenkora]

Well, it’s called the *core* for a reason, you may not realize it, but it helps to flex it when doing pretty much any exorcise

[jondoe]

Be careful, going hog wild will make it unbearable to drive. Take it easy, running is easier after these hip flexor exercises so that's an added bonus! Take it easy at first, you been warned 🙏
Personal story: did a few too many reverse squats and felt light as a feather, ran an extra mile afterwards like it was nothing, felt like a teenager again dare I say...
The next day though I could not get out of bed and had to really dig deep to get into my car, pressing on the gas pedal was painful AF. I was popping kratom like no tomorrow it was BAD. Totally worth it though just remind yourself that this muscle is brand new and needs care. Kinda like an OP character starting at lvl 1, they will dominate but will get one shot until leveled up to the rest of the team.

[stefanbatory]

Plenty of people train their hip flexors thinking they train their abs...

[justinpollard]

I saw another one of your vids saying not to brace your core by pulling in but by pushing out. I did that with my hip mobility exercises today and holy hell did it make a huge improvement. Thank you so much for these

[randygonzalez]

“Training ur hip flexors can help with a ton of things.”
Then proceeds to not name a single damn thing.

[teddj]

Great advice as always.. I do this weekly as an accessory and I have gotten so good at my pistol squats in particular and most importantly my mobility and flexibility is at its prime

[so]

1) Absolutely avoid training the hip flexors in isolation if you have sciatica/anterior pelvis tilt, it will make it hurt way more
2) You need to be able to brace your core in the correct manner (there is a squatuniversity video on how to do it)

[schurging]

Hacky-sack is amazing for this! Have some fun and train them at the same time! Favorite high school activity 10 years ago.

[ladyelevator]

Ooh nice legs 😍

Never heard anyone encourage this. Thanks for the lesson!👍🏽

[DLT]

Remember to always brace your core when watching Squat University

[madixj]

If you're doing ab workouts, your likely already working out you hip flexers because most ab workouts work hip flexers more than your abs! Sit ups, leg raises, and russian twists are a few examples of workouts that work hip flexers a lot. Basically, most workouts that include pulling your legs to your body or body to legs use hip flexers a lot.

[nickhogg]

Just a 45sec horseman stance squat multiple times during the day will be extremely effective. I'm now 31 dunking better than I have when I was in my teens.

[RicardoPicena]

In yoga we call it “activating your back” & I use that in the gym too! Glad I learned this for my hip flexors too 😎🙏🏾