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Standing Hamstring Stretch

Stand tall and place one heel on the floor in front of you with the toes pulled up toward your shin. Keep that leg straight and hinge forward from your hips, sending your tailbone back while keeping your back flat. Rest your hands on the bent support leg and feel the stretch run down the back of the straight leg. Hold the position without rounding your spine, then switch legs.

HAMSTRINGS · LOWER BODY

How it is executed

  1. Stand tall and place one heel on the floor in front of you with the toes pulled up toward your shin.
  2. Keep that leg straight and hinge forward from your hips, sending your tailbone back while keeping your back flat.
  3. Rest your hands on the bent support leg and feel the stretch run down the back of the straight leg.
  4. Hold the position without rounding your spine, then switch legs.
Muscles worked
Hamstrings
Primary muscle
Hamstrings
Equipment
Bodyweight
Movement pattern
Lower body
Difficulty
Beginner
What it is for
StrengthStability

Variations and substitutions

Program your clients' routines from these exercises, without the spreadsheet.