High Feet & Open Hips

Good rock climbing performance depends on strength and flexibility. Let's focus on the latter with this stretching routine! Increasing our range of motion in leg flexibility and ability to open up our hips will help us see some serious gains without relying on so much upper body and finger strength :-)

Exercises

Set 1: 1 round

Extended Child's Pose

25 seconds

Child's Pose with Side Reaches

35 seconds

Set 2: 2 rounds

Effort: Light

Gate Openers

30 seconds

Garland Pose

35 seconds

Set 3: 2 rounds

Horse Stance with Clasped Hands

20 seconds

Horse Stance with Heel Ups

20 seconds

Set 4: 2 rounds

Right Head to Ankle

25 seconds

Left Head to Ankle

25 seconds

Effort: Moderate

Plank Hip Rotations

35 seconds

Advanced Right Lizard

35 seconds

Advanced Left Lizard

35 seconds

Effort: Moderate

Alternating Fire Hydrants

40 seconds

Set 5: 1 round

Wide Leg Stretches

40 seconds

Thread the Needle Stretch

40 seconds

Lying Right Leg Circles

40 seconds

Lying Left Leg Circles

40 seconds

Stretch After Thigh Work

1 min 30 secs

Supine Butterfly

40 seconds

Modified Happy Baby

45 seconds

Appears In

Rock Climbing

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