Meaning & use
hip extension
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Meanings
noununcountabletechnical
The movement of straightening the hip joint, especially pulling the thigh backward or the pelvis forward.
Grammar: Used as a mass noun for the action; add 'an' or 'a' only when counting a single repetition: do ten hip extensions.
Patterns
- perform hip extension
- hip extension exercise
- increase hip extension
Runners need strong hip extension to push off the ground.
The therapist asked her to lie on her stomach and practice hip extension.
Weak hip extension can cause lower back pain.
nouncountabletechnical
A strengthening exercise in which the leg is moved backward from the hip.
Grammar: Countable when it means one exercise or repetition: three sets of ten hip extensions.
Patterns
- do hip extensions
- a set of hip extensions
- hip extension machine
He finished his workout with hip extensions on the mat.
The trainer added hip extensions to her leg-day routine.
Word forms
| plural | hip extensions |
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Common combinations
- hip extension exercise
- The hip extension exercise targets the glutes and hamstrings.
- weak hip extension
- Weak hip extension made it hard for him to climb stairs.
- hip extension machine
- She used the hip extension machine at the gym.
- range of hip extension
- Tight quads can limit your range of hip extension.
Synonyms and how they differ
- hip straightening
- A plain descriptive phrase, but it is not the standard term in anatomy or fitness.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: hip extension or hip flexion?
hip extension vs hip flexion
Flexion is bending the hip, bringing the thigh toward the chest; extension is the opposite, moving the thigh backward.
Practice
Which movement is an example of hip extension?
Choose one answer.
Hip extension straightens the hip by moving the thigh backward. Lifting the knee toward the chest is hip flexion, the opposite movement.
Make it your own
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