Sports Stretching Exercise 2

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Muscles stretched:
• Musculus gluteus maximus
• Musculus gluteus medius
• Musculus biceps femoris
• Musculus semimembranosus

Function:
• Leg flexion
• Hip extension

Weight shifting:
• tilt the pelvis and the straight upper body forward

Stretching duration:
• 20 seconds each side
• 1 or 2 repetitions each side

Annotation:
• do not stretch to pain threshold
• avoid round back
• turn up the pelvis
• do not perform in case of lumbar hyperlordosis