Full body · MOBILITY
Weighted Couch Stretch
The hip flexor and quad at full length, loaded, which is where a long season leaves them shortest
Coaching cues
How to do it well
These are the cues the app shows on the exercise card, written for the moment you are standing in front of the bar.
- Back foot high, front shin vertical
- Tuck the pelvis before you lean
- Breathe — do not brace against it
- Tempo
- sink slowly
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In the program
How Train Smart prescribes it
The sets and reps below are the authored starting point. The actual weight you see is calculated from your own last top set and the week you are in within your four-week block.
| Program | Session | Sets × reps | Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | Speed & Strength | 2 × 40s/side | Light DB at chest |
At a glance
What it trains, and who trains it
- Muscles worked
- Quads · Calves
- Region
- Full body
- Classified as
- MOBILITY
- Prescribed in
- cricket
This exercise, in a program that knows why it is there
Train Smart puts this movement in the right session, at the right point in your block, at a weight calculated for you — and swaps it automatically if you do not have the kit.
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