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🦵 Standing Hamstring Stretch

Place your heel on a low step or curb and lean forward to stretch the hamstrings.

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How to do the Standing Hamstring Stretch

  1. Place your heel on a low step, leg straight
  2. Keep your standing leg slightly bent
  3. Hinge at the hips and lean forward (chest to thigh)
  4. Keep your back flat, not rounded
  5. Hold 30 seconds, switch sides

Form tips

  • Hinge from hips, not the lower back
  • You should feel it in the back of the thigh

Muscles worked

Hamstrings

When to be cautious

  • Acute hamstring strain
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