If you want higher kicks, you need more than strength — you need flexible, controlled hips

If you want higher kicks, you need more than strength — you need flexible, controlled hips.

The Lizard Stretch is one of the best ways to open the hip flexors, hamstrings, and inner thighs — the areas that limit your range and reduce control in striking.

Lower into Lizard with the front foot planted just outside the hand. From here, start to straighten the front leg while keeping the hips square.
• Inhale to pull the toes toward your face.
• Exhale to press the hips down and extend the front leg.
Repeat with breath: Inhale, toes up. Exhale, hips down.
You’ll feel it through the hip crease, hamstring, and inside of the thigh. Stay active and smooth — this is about creating length, not just sitting in a stretch.

Do this three times a week, and you’ll start to feel the freedom in your hips — and the difference in your kicks.

Save this if your hips are holding your technique back.
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