Hip Openers

This Thought-Of-The-Week is all about opening your hips. If you feel like you always need to stretch your hips, this TOTW is for you! Hip opening (aka hip flexibility) is an important component of core strengthening. Why? You can only move what you got, so let's increase what you got! While stretching your hips is great, pigeon pose isn't the only thing you need! Hip openers increase length in the hip flexors, hip extensors (thutt) and hip ab/adductors (inner and outer thighs), while also creating strength and stability in the pelvis.

This week, I'll bring you through some of my favorite hip openers, which means you're going to get both a burn and a stretch in your hips for maximum flexibility and for range of motion that lasts after class!

Hot Tips for Class

• Hip Disassociation

  • This is a fancy term for keeping your pelvis still and moving your thigh bones in your hip socket. You hear this all the time from me! It's how you get your thutt and deep core to fire! It's also how you create more range of motion for your hips in moves likes side squats, leg circles and bridges.

• Strengthen While You Stretch

  • We love to multitask. When stretching your inner thighs, try to activate your outer hips. When stretching your hip flexors, try to activate your thutt. You'll provide more stability with these activations so you can safely stretch and create an open feeling that lasts!

Want More? Let me talk you through some of my favorite hip openers in this mini- workout on Instagram and YouTube!