Legs · Bodyweight · Compound · Intermediate
Iron Crosses (stretch)


Primary
- Main muscles
- Quads
How to do it
- Lie face down on the floor, with your arms extended out to your side, palms pressed to the floor. This will be your starting position.
- To begin, flex one knee and bring that leg across the back of your body, attempting to touch it to the ground near the opposite hand.
- Promptly return the leg to the starting postion, and quickly repeat with the other leg. Continue alternating for 10-20 repetitions.
Other quad exercises
- Heaving Snatch Balance · Barbell
- Hip Flexion with Band · Bands
- Intermediate Hip Flexor and Quad Stretch · Other
- Jefferson Squats · Barbell
- Jerk Dip Squat · Barbell
- Jogging, Treadmill · Machine
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