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Dynamic warm-ups and yoga-inspired cool-downs help me maintain flexibility no matter the workout du jour, but more often than not, my high-maintenance hamstrings require a bit more TLC.
A personal trainer shares and explains how to do the best hamstring exercises for strong, flexible legs, including glute bridges, kettlebell swings, and more.
Bring some release and relief to your hamstrings--and your everyday life--with these classic yoga poses.
This is a compound exercise that also involves the glutes (buttocks) and, to a lesser extent, the hamstrings, calves, and the lower back. Lifting belts are sometimes used to help support the lower back. The freeweight squat is one of the three powerlifting competition exercises, along with the deadlift and the bench press. [2] Equipment
One study found that men and master athletes (athletes older than forty) were at an increased risk of hamstring strains compared with women and younger athletes. [7] Women were approximately 3 times more likely to develop hamstring strain than males with the majority of these being non-sporting scenarios. [8]
The hamstrings cross and act upon two joints – the hip and the knee – and as such they are termed biarticular muscles. Semitendinosus and semimembranosus extend the hip when the trunk is fixed; they also flex the knee and medially (inwardly) rotate the lower leg when the knee is bent.
Lucky for you, hamstrings are a low-maintenance muscle group and a little goes a long way. “I would limit training hamstrings to no more than two times per week,” Saltos says.
In humans, the hamstring extends between the hip and knee joints. The hamstring muscle group is made up of the biceps femoris, semitendinosus muscle, and the semimembranosus. [2]