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2. The 10 Best Hamstring Stretches to Relieve Tightness and ...

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   Step 2: With your back knee bent, gently straighten your right leg keeping your hips square and fold forward until you feel a stretch in your hamstring. Step 3: Hold for 15 to 30 seconds.

3. These Hamstring Stretches Help You Stay Limber and Pain-Free ...

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   Hold the stretch for 15 to 30 seconds before switching legs. Chair hamstring stretch. Oliver Wu - Getty Images “Sit on the edge of a chair with one leg extended straight. Keep your heel on the ...

4. 8 Hamstring Exercises You Can Do at Home for Lower-Body ... - AOL

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   Step 3: Squeeze your right hamstring and glute to lift your chest and lower your left leg, returning to the starting position. This is one rep. This is one rep. Step 4: Complete 10 reps on each side.

5. Hamstringing - Wikipedia

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   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] It facilitates both the flexing of the knee and hip extension, [3] making it a vital contributor to normal leg-movement. By severing these muscles or the tendons ...

6. Nordic hamstring curl - Wikipedia

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   It reduces hamstring injuries in athletes, and is commonly used as a form of injury prevention. [1] [2] NHC increases strength of the hamstrings and length of the fascia, [3] [4] [5] sprint speed, and change of direction ability. [6] It is debated whether NHC is an open or closed chain exercise. [7] NHC has been compared to the razor hamstring ...

7. Leg curl - Wikipedia

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   Lying leg curl Standing leg curl at the finishing phase Seated leg curl at starting phase Seated leg curl at finishing phase. The leg curl, also known as hamstring curl, is an isolation exercise that targets the hamstring muscles. [1] The exercise involves flexing the lower leg against resistance towards the buttocks. There are three types of ...