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Hip adductors
Five muscles fill the inner thigh and draw the leg back towards the midline. Most of their work is stabilising, on every step taken on one leg.
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Level
Intermediate
Reading
8 min
Certainty level
Established
Sources
2
Limits of this page
3
Movements produced
Squat
Reviewed on
8/2/2026
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Structures
Hip adductors
Biceps brachii
Rotator cuff
Deltoids
Serratus anterior
Diaphragm
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Sources
Standring S, 2020
Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice, 42nd edition — and 1 more
Read the pagePut it into practice
See the lateral lunge, which works the adductors
Open the lateral lunge guide in Shapier, a sideways-support exercise that works the adductors.
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