One Knee To Chest

A beginner compound mobility exercise that works the glutes.

One Knee To Chest — Starting position Starting position
One Knee To Chest — End position End position
Difficulty Beginner
Type Stretching
Equipment Not specified
Primary Muscle Glutes
Logged As Time held

How to Do One Knee To Chest

  1. Start off by lying on the floor.
  2. Extend one leg straight and pull the other knee to your chest. Hold under the knee joint to protect the kneecap.
  3. Gently tug that knee toward your nose.
  4. Switch sides. This stretches the buttocks and lower back of the bent leg and the hip flexor of the straight leg.

Muscles Worked

Back

Primary

Where One Knee To Chest does most of its work.

Secondary

Assisting and stabilising muscles.

Alternatives to One Knee To Chest

10 movements that train the same primary muscle, closest substitutes first — same kind of training, then variations of the movement itself, then a similar difficulty.

  1. 1 Knee Across The Body

    Knee Across The Body

    A beginner mobility exercise that works the glutes.

    beginner Not specified
  2. 2 Ankle On The Knee

    Ankle On The Knee

    A beginner mobility exercise that works the glutes.

    beginner Not specified
  3. 3 Hip Circles (prone)

    Hip Circles (prone)

    A beginner isolation mobility exercise that works the glutes, needing no equipment.

    beginner No Equipment
  4. 4 Standing Hip Circles

    Standing Hip Circles

    A beginner isolation mobility exercise that works the glutes, needing no equipment.

    beginner No Equipment
  5. 5 Iliotibial Tract-SMR

    Iliotibial Tract-SMR

    An intermediate isolation mobility exercise that works the glutes, using a foam roller.

    intermediate Foam Roller
  6. 6 Lying Crossover

    Lying Crossover

    An advanced mobility exercise that works the glutes, needing no equipment.

    advanced No Equipment
  7. 7 Lying Glute

    Lying Glute

    An advanced mobility exercise that works the glutes, needing no equipment.

    advanced No Equipment
  8. 8 Piriformis-SMR

    Piriformis-SMR

    An intermediate isolation mobility exercise that works the glutes, using a foam roller.

    intermediate Foam Roller
  9. 9 Seated Glute

    Seated Glute

    An advanced mobility exercise that works the glutes, needing no equipment.

    advanced No Equipment
  10. 10 Windmills

    Windmills

    An intermediate mobility exercise that works the glutes.

    intermediate Not specified

Frequently Asked Questions

What muscles do one knee to chest work?

One Knee To Chest primarily works the glutes. The hamstrings and lower back assist as secondary muscles.

What equipment do I need for one knee to chest?

The source dataset does not record equipment for one knee to chest. Check the instructions above before you set up.

One Knee To Chest: is it suitable for beginners?

Yes. One Knee To Chest is rated beginner. Movements you can learn in a session, with a low skill floor and a forgiving failure mode.

What can I do instead of one knee to chest?

Knee Across The Body, Ankle On The Knee, Hip Circles (prone) train the same primary muscles and are listed with 7 more alternatives above.

How do I log one knee to chest in Fitnit?

As time held rather than reps. Fitnit records the seconds and credits them to the glutes on your body map, so you can see which muscles you train hard and never stretch.

Photographs and step-by-step instructions from free-exercise-db, a public-domain exercise dataset. Muscle mapping and alternatives by Fitnit.

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