Inward Circular Leg Swing

Almost the complete reverse of the inward stretching exercise and involving the same muscle groups: hip extensors and flexors and the abductor/adductor antagonists. To some extent the inward movement also brings into play the sartorius muscle during the inward movement where the foot is kept vertical. As the knee is bent during the last phase of the inward movement the sartorius muscle is relaxed. As for the outward equivalent of this exercise full tension on the muscles must be applied by maintaining the maximum range of the circle or the dynamic stretch is lost.