How to do: Hip Circles (prone)

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Hip Circles (prone) — starting position — Start position

Hip Circles (prone) — finishing position — Finish position

Step-by-step instructions

1Position yourself on your hands and knees on the ground. Maintaining good posture, raise one bent knee off of the ground. This will be your starting position.
2Keeping the knee in a bent position, rotate the femur in an arc, attempting to make a big circle with your knee.
3Perform this slowly for a number of repetitions, and repeat on the other side.

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Photos & base instructions from the open-source Free Exercise DB (public domain).