Adductors

The exercise trains the adductors along with the quadriceps and hips. The bench side plank is intended to strengthen the adductors. Continuous ball squeezing helps prevent the hips from rolling to compensate for limited thoracic mobility. Adductor engagement stabilizes the lower body. The exercise combines abdominal work with adductor loading. The adductors are identified as the inner thighs. Adductor squeezing is one of the three components that combine to release hip tension. Squeezing the ball between the knees engages the adductors as part of the drill. The knees should squeeze the ball during execution. Infra-pubic angle width influences whether the adductors rest in a concentric or eccentric orientation. Wide infra-pubic angle presentations place the adductors in a concentrically shortened orientation. Narrow infra-pubic angle presentations place the adductors in an eccentrically lengthened orientation. Squeezing the ball actively engages the adductors during the exercise. The adductors are loaded through the top leg supported on the bench. Hiking the hip upward increases inner-thigh engagement. The adductors should become more active as the hip hikes upward. The adductors a…