Uniplanar knee extension exercises may be more appropriate than combining isometric knee extension exercises with hip adduction or abduction when eliciting maximal VMO and VL contractions.

They help with hip stability, maintaining good posture ... (You don’t want to end up looking like Popeye the Sailor Man). “Abduction and adduction exercises help your body stay stable and ...

Objective We aimed to investigate the effect of an 8-week hip-adductor strengthening programme, including one hip-adduction exercise, on eccentric and ... and isometric hip-abduction (IHAB) strength, ...

“Your adductor muscles play a crucial role in ... Firing up my inner thighs before moving through other hip-focused exercises seems to improve my range of motion, particularly when doing 90/ ...

adduction, rotation and circumduction. Abduction – movement away from the midline of the body. This occurs at the hip and shoulder joints during a jumping jack movement. Adduction – movement ...