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Kneeling Achilles Stretch

The Kneeling Achilles Stretch isolates the calf muscle. Loosening this link in the posterior chain will allow an athlete to work deeper into their front splits.

  • Type Of Exercise: Flexibility
  • Muscles: Ankles, Calves
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Body Only

Kneeling Achilles (Right Side)

  1. Begin kneeling on the floor with your right foot planted flat, knee bent, and your left leg pulled out to the side.
  2. Lay your chest along your right thigh and move your right knee forward over the middle of your foot.
  3. Keep your left knee pulled out to the side to remove the hip flexor stretch.
  4. Keep your right heel, toes, and thigh in alignment.
  5. Never let your right heel lift off the floor.
  6. Maintain the forward lean with your right leg, and hold this kneeling achilles stretch for time before switching sides.
  • Exercise: Standing Pike
  • Type of Exercise: Flexibility
  • Muscles: Hamstrings, Glutes, Calves
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Body Only
  • Exercise: Standing Elevated Achilles
  • Type of Exercise: Flexibility
  • Muscles: Ankles, Hamstrings, Glutes, Calves
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Yoga Block