A stairwell stretch that builds knee mobility and strength. Use the railing for support and elevate your front foot on a step if you're tight. As you improve, remove the railing and lower your back knee to the floor, letting your front knee move past your toes.
Your average stairwell is actually perfect for working on this because you have railings for assistance and then you have the steps. So the railings for assistance reduces the amount of strength that's needed to get into this position. This is actually how I had to start for my knees, so I had to assist myself. And you'll notice the mobility as you're stiffer, you have to elevate the front foot. So to be. To be on flat ground, you really have to stretch out there to have the back knee off the ground. But as you elevate the front foot, then it gets easier. So this would be a way that someone could get into this exercise. There's no such thing as too much regression. You have assistance and you have front foot elevation. And then progressing to where you don't need assistance and where you can do it all the way flat. So you're getting this combination of stretch and strength. I had never been into a gym and seen an exercise like this growing up. Particularly if you're told no knees over toes, you have to get into these full ranges of motion.
