Hamstring rehabilitation exercises can aid recovery and help prevent future injuries. Rehabilitation protocols typically call for a combination of stretching and strengthening movements. While severe ...

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 ...

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Although the hamstrings may not be as large as your quads, or as aesthetically pleasing as the glutes, it’s a muscle you cannot neglect if you want stronger pins, or to improve athletic performance.

Many great exercises work the hamstrings. But if you spend time training one muscle group, you want to do only the best exercises, right? A recent study conducted at the University of Memphis looked ...

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 ...

Don’t let the muscles in the front of your legs steal the spotlight. If you’re looking to work some muscles in your all-important posterior chain, consider trying some stretchy hamstring resistance ...

THE HAMSTRINGS, ONE of the major muscle groups in the legs, are invaluable for the types of movements performed by high-level athletes and everyday exercisers alike. Your hamstrings are essential for ...

How many of you include hamstring exercises in your leg workouts? And bum exercises? I’ll hedge my bets a lot more of you answered yes to the latter. While neither are anterior chain muscles (i.e., ...