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The Easiest Trick for Releasing Your Tight Quadriceps
Set your legs free and wave goodbye to pain…without stretching!
The last thing your tight quadriceps need is more static stretching. While this sensation may feel good, it won’t move the needle enough to release your stubborn tissues. Instead, it would help if you focused on active solutions such as mobility and loaded stretches through resistance training. To take things even further, you can also look to the antagonist muscle group of the hamstrings and address any weaknesses that may be present in your posterior chain.
While this may sound like a complicated process, it’s shockingly simple when you have the right tools. In the next few minutes, I’ll introduce 3 quick solutions for training these tight, immobile tissues in a way that’s both accessible and sustainable to as many people as possible. These exercises will elicit benefits beyond gained flexibility, allowing you to be functional in these deeper ranges of motion. If you want to take your lower body health to the next level, read on!
While you may think that resistance training will leave you more sore, it has quite the opposite effect. Combining strength & mobility is the recipe for supple, healthy muscles!
