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Exercise: PVC Hip Hinge Practice

person doing PVC Hip Hinge Practice
person doing PVC Hip Hinge Practice
person doing PVC Hip Hinge Practice

Primary Muscles:

  • Hamstrings
  • Gluteals

Secondary Muscles:

Body Area:

  • Legs

Movement Type:

Equipment:

Training Category:

  • Mobility
  • Flexibility
  • Warm-Up Drills

Proper Steps:

In a shoulder width stance, hold a PVC pipe along your spine
Maintain three points of contact between your spine and the pipe:
1. Back of your head
2. Between your shoulder blades
3. Waist band
Without losing ANY points of contact, slide your hips backwards, feeling for a stretch in your glutes and hamstrings (back of thighs)
Contract these muscles to return to the starting position
If you lose any point of contact, find out why and correct before performing any weighted deadlifts