“Adduction” refers to bringing parts of your body (in this case, your legs) toward your body’s midline. Think of adduction as “adding” a body part to your center. Your adductors consist of 5 muscles: ...

Whether you have a mostly sedentary lifestyle or are an active athlete, the butterfly stretch — which opens up the hips, inner thighs, and groin — is fundamental for functional flexibility. "Open hips ...

Many of us have a love-hate relationship with stretching. We know that without it, we experience stiffness and a reduced range of motion. Stretching is essential in keeping your muscles strong and ...

To flutter your legs or not — that's the question I've always had when it comes to my favorite stretch, the butterfly. Most of my fitness teachers love the move, too — but about 50 percent of them ...

Inner thigh workouts are important for both men and women. These exercises focus on the muscles that bring your thighs together, called your adductors. To work out your inner thighs, you can try many ...

Yoga Journal’s archives series is a curated collection of articles originally published in past issues beginning in 1975. This article about how to stretch first appeared in the May-June 1996 issue of ...