Stretching the hamstrings is something we do almost as an automatic response to any kind of tightness in the posterior chain. In fact, it almost seems like humans are conditioned to stretch their ...

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Your hamstrings might not be the most visible muscles, but they’re among the most important for overall fitness and injury prevention. These powerful muscles at the back of your thighs play a critical ...

Do you ever wake up with tight, stiff legs and wonder why? Or maybe, during yoga class, you find it difficult to touch your heels to the ground in downward-facing dog. Either way, you could probably ...

The hamstrings are a rare and unique lower-body muscle group that actually acts at two joints. Flexing your hamstrings will bend your knee, much as you do during leg curls. Your hamstrings also act on ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Nordic curls are a bit of a gymgoer’s party trick. As you lower the backside of your body backwards ...

I’ve been lifting weights for more than five years and I work as a fitness writer, so I often assume that I’ve tried every strength exercise out there. Thankfully, that isn’t true, because I recently ...