Hip Adduction vs Hip Abduction — Same Machine, Different Muscles

0:14 30 June 2026

Adduction works the inner thigh — adductors. Abduction works the outer thigh — abductors and glute medius.

Same machine, different muscles. Two leg-day staples that hit muscles you can't easily train any other way.

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