Can you crack a watermelon by squeezing it between your thighs? Having that level of inner and outer thigh strength isn’t exactly necessary, but working on your abduction vs. adduction strength will ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR with the words “abduction” and “adduction” but you're not exactly sure what they ...

Ever heard the words abduction and adduction in relation to your workouts? These two similar-sounding terms describe opposite movements that are key to improving strength, mobility, and injury ...

Objective To systematically review the association between hip adduction and abduction strength, and adduction-to-abduction strength ratio in healthy athletes with the occurrence of future groin pain ...

In medicine and biomechanics, movements of limbs and other body parts toward or away from the center line of the body (a line that runs up and down the center of the human body) are termed adduction ...

Objective: To determine if the combined isometric contractions of knee extension/hip adduction and knee extension/hip abduction will elicit a different quadriceps and gluteus medius electromyographic ...

A lot of runners have become so preoccupied with their knees that they’ve taken their hips for granted. In a study published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine, runners with a variety of ...

Most men don't do certain exercises because they think they look too "girly." They tend to avoid the abduction (outer thigh) and adduction (inner thigh) machines, apparently thinking they're only for ...