Marching in Place: Warm up and Recover!Marching in Place: Warm up and Recover!

Marching in Place: Warm up and Recover!

Marching in place is a great warm-up and cool-down exercise. It activates your quads, hip flexors, and core. It also activates the hamstrings and glutes, although to a lesser extent. Additionally, marching is a good recovery exercise for knee and ankle injuries, improving strength and balance.

How to march in place

  • Stand tall with your core engaged and shoulders relaxed. 
  • Brace your core and keep your spine in a nice and neutral alignment.
  • Lift one knee until it’s parallel to the ground, place it back down, then lift another knee. 
  • Continue alternating legs in a marching motion. 
  • You can pump your arms as you do this exercise, keep them by your sides, or place them on your hips.


Increase or decrease the challenge

To increase the challenge, march quicker! If you still feel like marching isn’t quite intense enough, you can graduate to high knees.

To decrease the challenge, you can slow down or decrease how much you raise the leg.


Support your march

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You can also try our Sports Knee Support, which has a similar design and moisture-wicking knit for more intense workout sessions.

More Information

This information is provided for general information purposes and should not be relied on as a substitute for medical advice, evaluation or care from a qualified and licensed healthcare provider. The information contained here should not be considered a plan of care or physical therapy.

 

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