Stretching quads

Running, strength training, and even walking call cause tightness in the quads These simple stretches will loosen up your tight quads so that you can prevent injury and gently loosen up achy muscles.

Use this one simple protocol to improve the mobility, flexibility, and strength of your quads.

Our quads are responsible for every step we take. They stand us up and sit us down. You don’t have to be a big athlete or work out every day or walk 20 miles a week—everyone’s quads tighten over time from our normal daily routines. When our quads are overly-contracted, the muscle tissue shortens. These shortened muscles pull the hip flexor down which, in turn, tilts the pelvis down in front and up in the back. This is a posture problem!

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Your quads work hard to help you squat, run, climb, cycle, walk and kick. Give them some TLC with these 5 quad stretches that can help ease soreness and stiffness.

Feeling pain or discomfort in your knees? This could be down to weak quads. Learn how strengthening your quads can help with bad knees here.

Here are 5 poses you can practice to stretch your quads. In each of them, you bend one or both knees to create the traction.

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