Questions tagged [hamstring]
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How does over stretching hamstring injury work?
I have recently started doing Yoga, and I think I over stretched my hamstring. (I wanted quick result so I pushed pretty hard at a lot of poses, e.g. forward fold, wide leg forward fold etc) initially ...
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What are the best strength routines for runners?
I am moving to a house and finally have the space to build a home gym. I run 10-15km daily and would like to use the gym for strength training, specifically for my hip flexors, quads and hamstrings ...
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How NOT to be Afraid of Using Glute-Ham Raise (GHR) Machine
Some background: I've been into bodybuilding for a few years, but only 2 months ago I started to go to a proper gym with a proper trainer. For a full-month my trainer checked me up of my muscles, ...
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Reverse hip raises with weight on legs
After doing reverse hip raises for a few days, I am finding that to feel any tension in the legs, I need to hold the position for a long time. This quickly gets boring. So I want to increase the load, ...
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Straddle position
At this moment I am working on my straddle planche.
I've noticed that when performing it I've got those 2 problems:
I am unable to fully straighten my legs ( lack of hamstring flexibility? )
while ...
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Looking for a replacement excercise for hamstring curl/glute ham raise
I'm in the process of transitioning to a new powerlifting routine that prescribes either hamstring curls or glute-ham-raises as an accessory exercise. Those make perfect sense and would address some ...
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How to increase flexibility from the basics?
I am quite athletic, and I regularly workout and play soccer, but I am much less flexible. I can't even bend and put my hands near my toes (it reaches up to my shins when I feel tighness from ...
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Can tight hip flexors cause tight hamstrings?
Today I noticed that when I sit like this:
My left leg goes comfortably all the way down, but my right leg won't. It won't go down past 45 degrees unless stretched. Does this mean that the right hip ...
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Nordic Hamstring Curls (without bending arms)
I have quite a unique problem, in that I'm struggling to rehab my lower hamstring tendinopathy because of a tendinopathy in my elbow (tricep).
The physio prescribed me eccentric / Nordic Hamstring ...
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Train hamstrings unilateral?
In my opinion, it's pretty much like common sense that it can be quite effective to not only train bilateral (Squats, Bench Press, Bent over Rows, Deadlifts) but also unilateral (Split Squats, DB ...
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Machine Leg Curl vs Glute-Ham-Raise
Often when arguing about the Leg Curl Machine being bad (eg. hurt your knees in many cases), people refer to the Glute-Ham-Raise as a way better (less harmful) alternative.
To me, the movements of ...
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Steel hamstrings
My hamstrings have always been incredibly tight.
Since I have memories, never been able to raise a straight leg at more than 30-45° from the ground.
Can't do any L-sit,leg raises, romenian deadlift ...
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I can't figure out which muscle is weakest/tight
So I'm a female, age 26, height about 5'5', weight about 116-119 pounds, no medical conditions, no medication, was active in sports and regular exercise from age 11-16.
I have a few problems which ...
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Movement for Good Morning vs. RDL
I'm rehabbing a pulled hamstring, so I'm doing weight lifting for the first time, on the instructions of the physio.
She has me doing both "Good Mornings" and "Romanian Deadlifts".
It seems like the ...
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Is cycling good or bad for lumbar hyperlordosis?
From Wikipedia about Lumbar hyperlordosis:
Commonly known as swayback, it is common in dancers. Imbalances in
muscle strength and length are also a cause, such as weak hamstrings,
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