Exercise

Machine Seated Hip Adduction

Also known as: lever seated hip adduction, adduction machine, inner thigh machine, seated leg adduction, hip adduction machine

Machine Seated Hip Adduction is a isolation exercise for the adductors. Main target: adductors. Equipment: machine.

EquipmentMachine
TypeIsolation
MovementPull
CategoryStrength

Muscles worked

Muscles worked in the Machine Seated Hip Adduction: primary in bright, secondary in light
Primary

How to do it

  1. Sit in the adduction machine with your back against the pad and place your legs against the inner pads, knees apart.
  2. Squeeze your thighs together in a smooth motion until the pads meet.
  3. Pause briefly at full contraction, then let your legs open back to the start under control.
  4. Repeat for the prescribed number of repetitions.

Similar exercises

Thigh Adductor
Machine
Adductors
Leg Extensions
Machine
Rectus femorisVastus lateralisVastus medialis
Lying Leg Curls
Machine
Biceps femorisSemitendinosus & semimembranosus
Seated Leg Curl
Machine
Semitendinosus & semimembranosus
Leg Press
Machine
Vastus lateralisRectus femoris
Thigh Abductor
Machine
AbductorsGluteus medius

Alternatives with other equipment

Cable Hip Adduction
Cable
Adductors
Copenhagen Plank
Bodyweight
Adductors
Adductor
Foam roll
Adductors
Lateral Box Jump
Other
Adductors
Plie Dumbbell Squat
Dumbbell
Vastus lateralisRectus femorisGluteus maximus
Barbell Deadlift
Barbell
Lower backGluteus maximusBiceps femoris
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