🦴 Clamshells
Lying on your side, open your knees like a clamshell. Strengthens hip rotators essential for knee stability.
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How to do the Clamshells
- Lie on your side with hips and knees bent at 45°
- Keep your feet together
- Open your top knee as far as comfortable
- Keep pelvis still — don't roll backward
- Hold 2 seconds, slowly close
Form tips
- Hand on hip to feel for rolling
- Add band above knees to progress
Muscles worked
Gluteus medius, Hip external rotators
When to be cautious
- Hip replacement precautions
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