Exercise cues/tips:

• Start with your knee up on an elevated surface, the side in which you wish to target

• Keep the bottom leg resting on the ground

• Squeeze the inside part of the top knee into the support, keeping the bottom leg resting 

• May complete as an isometric or isotonic movement 

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Muscle groups targeted:

• Adductors

• Core

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Exercise progression:

• Static ball squeeze

 

Exercise regression:

• Copenhagen level 2

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❗Haroy et al. (2019) found the copenhagen adductor strengthening program to reduce the risk of soccer players reporting groin problems by 41% compared to those who had not completed the intervention.

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