hip flexor pain is everywhere due to sitting in chairs. Sitting causes the hip flexor muscles to shorten, and this directly causes hip flexor muscle tightness and referred pain in the low back and hips. I talked about this phenomenon in the post...
So to get a tight butt requires work to release out the hip flexor group and the ITB, thus allowing the bottom to get a good squeeze on. Incidentally, a tight hip flexor group will also lead to weak flabby abs because the spine bends too much, thus shortening the back muscles and then...
Start with just your bodyweight while you nail form, then introduce weights to build strength and power, London Crane suggests. Foam rolling your quads, hamstrings, adductors, IT band, and active release of your tensor fascia latae (TFL/hip abductor) and iliopsoas (hip flexor) will ...
I would, therefore, question what one of the most common IT band syndrome treatment techniques employed to tackle ITBS,foam rolling, is physiologically achieving. Attempting to release a non-contractile tissue which has the tensile strength of steel and is anchored firmly to cortical bone, isn’t...