How to do Standing Hip Circles

Muscles worked

Main: Glutes. Also: Inner thighs.

Step by step

1. Begin standing on one leg, holding to a vertical support.
2. Raise the unsupported knee to 90 degrees. This will be your starting position.
3. Open the hip as far as possible, attempting to make a big circle with your knee.
4. Perform this movement slowly for a number of repetitions, and repeat on the other side.

Similar exercises

• Hip Circles (prone)
• Iliotibial Tract-SMR
• IT Band and Glute Stretch
• Lying Crossover
• Windmills
• 90/90 Hamstring

Instructions from Free Exercise DB, in the public domain. General guidance, not medical advice. Stop if anything hurts.