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Are You Hip to Your Hips?
The hip joint connects your upper body to the power of your legs. Vital to all forms of movement, the hip joint is worth knowing about. Let's see what you know about this special part of your body.
Strike a Yoga Pose: Beginner's Gate
Seated postures are great for meditation because they are easier to hold than some poses (like Half Moon pose), and because you are so grounded, they instill a sense of calmness.
This pose called Beginner's Gate also opens your hips and hamstrings, and allows you to practice lengthening your spine and sitting nice and tall.
Sanskrit Name: Parighasana
English Translation: Cross Beam of a Gate Pose
Also Called: Gate
Want to know how to do it?
Work it Girl: Seated Pigeon
Sitting at your desk for 8 hours a day is a great way to work towards tight hips. Fight back with this desk hip opener stretch.
This is just like doing Pigeon pose but instead of lying down, you're sitting up.
Work it Girl: Chair Squat
Sitting at your desk for countless hours in one position can really tighten up your lower body. So why not do something to open up those hips, quads, and calves?
You could always do a Wide Squat on the floor, but if you squat down on top of your chair, you can still get a little work done (I'm all about the multi-tasking).
Strike a Yoga Pose: Warrior 1
The last pose we need to learn for Sun Salutation B is Warrior 1. It is a powerful and grounding pose that strengthens your quads, calves, booty, and the muscles in your feet. Working these muscles together helps to build knee joint stability.
YOGA CHALLENGE: Standing Half Bound Lotus
Hey folks. Ready for the new yoga challenge? It's called Standing Half-Bound Lotus.
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Stretch It: Twisting Hip Flexor Stretch
A common complaint among runners and cyclists is tight hip flexors, the area in front of the hips above the quads. Here's one of my favorite ways to lengthen that area, while also getting a subtle spinal twist — two great stretches in one!
To learn how to get into this stretch, read more
7 Stretches For Tight Hips
From a recent poll, it looks like FitSugar readers need to spend more time stretching. Since hips are commonly tight in folks from all walks of life, from runners to cyclists to those who sit at a computer all day, here are seven hip-opening stretches to increase your flexibility and prevent injury.
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Chef Workout: Balancing Hip Opener
In between chopping veggies and doing the dishes, it's nice to take a break and stretch while in the kitchen. After doing the Counter Shoulder Stretch, give this hip opener a try. If you hold it for a while, you'll also be working your glutes and quads.
Stretch It: Seated T-Hip Stretch
Between sitting, running, biking, or driving a long commute, most of us suffer from tight hips. The seated T-hip stretch lengthens tight glutes as it opens the hips. It is a more intense variation of Double Pigeon, so ease into this move.
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