Stretching For Higher Kicks!

Throwing high kicks requires a lot of flexibility from the Hamstrings, Adductors(groin), and Abdomen. The stretching exercise I’m demonstrating in this video covers all three of those in one fairly simple movement!

You don’t necessarily HAVE to use any weight with this one, but I do highly recommend it - it will help a LOT. Even if it’s just a couple pounds to start, it will assist you deeper into the stretch, and give your body better feedback about the adaptations we’re looking for it to make, in order to get more flexible.

If you want to get higher kicks for martial arts like Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Kickboxing or MMA, then this exercise is a must-try!

A general recommended prescription would be 3-5 sets of 5 reps, holding the stretch for 3-5 seconds at the bottom of every rep. Doing that 1-2x per week consistently for a few months will be more than enough to see some significant improvements! Treat it more like a strength exercise than a traditional “stretch” - work at a fair intensity, emphasize time under tension, give yourself time to recover afterwards, and progressively overload the stimulus over time.

If you know someone who could benefit from seeing this, please share it with them so that we can make the world more flexible!

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Video Glossary:
0:00 - Introduction
0:37 - Warm Up!
1:31 - The Stretching Exercise
4:21 - The Prescription

[dagobertodavidveloz]

Excelente brot no se Inglés pero con la idea de los video e podido avanzar en mis divisiones 🤜🤛🥋

[megatafiq]

Thanks bro..Please do how to balance when kicking

[marcusnadybal]

In your training regiment, how would you incorporate stretching and strength training for kicking if you also did martial arts? Would you do these exercises at the same days as Muay thai practice, for instance, or on seperate days? Or does it even matter. Thank you so much.

[porter-hkd]

All the items that you use to stretch for the front a side splits will you make a list so I can buy them on Amazon or wherever