With this classic character-inspired line of toys, kids can imagine the web-slinging, wall-crawling action as Spider-Man faces new challenges and new villains. To start out, I recommend doing the basic static stretch version as part of your warm-up routine and go from there. While the definition of the spiderman stretch is up for debate, the exact variation is not so important as the main intent of the exercise. Bring your front leg back to the top of a push-up position, and alternate legs for anywhere from 5 to 10 reps each leg. In a sentence, tight hips mean the lower back has to work harder and do the job the hip extensors (glutes and hamstrings) should be doing.

In this exercise, we’re also working on hip adduction capabilities that are important anytime we crossover and turn.If you’re an aspiring athlete, I assure you that you can and will see great results from incorporating stretching exercises such as the Spiderman into your routine. Imagine swinging into the newest Spider-Man adventure with Spider-Man figures, vehicles, and roleplay items inspired by the Spider-Man universe. Improving hip external rotation and flexion can also have the downstream effects of improving your posture in general, and helping you avoid lower back pain. Spiderman has really impressive hip mobility, which allows him to comfortably get into positions like this. She holds a Master's Degree in Physical Activity for Health which she obtained at the University of Edinburgh.

Sure, in the comics that spiderman often enters into the position that’s come to be known as the spiderman stretch, but without this niche knowledge of spiderman’s typical postures, you’d have no way of knowing. During a training program, I use it as active rest in between exercises to continually work on hip mobility. It’s the same as the spiderman with t-spine rotation, but at the end of the movement, you straighten the front leg to get a hamstring stretch. It helps your hamstring, quad, and hip flexor muscles lengthen and will allow you a wider mobility range which will, in turn, help you with your form and prevent groin injuries while working out. With this Stretch Shot Blaster, kids can imagine they are thwarting villains with powerful new webs.This superhero exercise is excellent because it will develop mobility on both hips while preventing your back from arching. Kelly Starrett in his book, Becoming a Supple Leopard has a more descriptive (but more confusing) name for this: Single Leg Flexion with External Rotation. While you’re in the spiderman stretch position, you can add some thoracic spine mobility to the drill by reaching the arm (same side as the front leg). One leg is both flexed (like the bottom of a squat) and externally rotated, which means you’re actively shoving the leg outward to improve your hip external rotation.

If you imagine this like a squat, then you’re improving your ability to sink deeper into the squat with more hip flexion. I’ll admit it can be kind of a pain to set up and you may get some weird looks, but it’s a solid option to take things deeper.If you’re not sure what this looks like, imagine how you’d brace yourself if you were about to get punched. LOOK FOR MORE SPIDER-MAN ROLE PLAY GEAR: Attach to Web Bolt Blaster for an extreme web blasting experience. The Spiderman is awesome during warmup, but it can also be performed between lifts (staying active is always good, even when you are resting your muscles). Become harder, better, faster, and stronger while keeping those injuries at bay with these amazing Spiderman stretches! BLAST STRETCHY WEB PROJECTILES AGAIN AND AGAIN: Pull back on the handle of the Spider-Man Web Blaster and activate the webtacular power!

All audio, visual and textual content on this site (including all names, characters, images, trademarks and logos) are protected by trademarks, copyrights and other Intellectual Property rights owned by Hasbro or its subsidiaries, licensors, licensees, suppliers and accounts.If you’re totally lost on what your warm-up should look like, well then you’re in luck, because I have a program for that. For me, the “spiderman stretch” refers to any exercise where one leg is in the bottom of a squat position while the other reaches back and both hands are inside the leg. You can oscillate between reaching to the sky and then bringing the arm down to sink deeper into the squat pattern.