Weak hamstrings can result from several factors, including a sedentary lifestyle, lack of targeted exercise and muscle imbalances. When you spend a lot of time sitting, your hamstrings can become ...

Both lower-body exercises have benefits, but the most effective move depends on whether your goal is strength, fat loss or ...

Hamstrings become tight and short for many reasons. That includes everything from sitting long hours at a computer, to running and jumping to incorporating glute and leg-toning exercises into your ...

What it does: Gently warms up the hamstrings. How to do it: Start in a half-squat position, with your feet hip-width apart. Rest your hands on your knees or your forearms on your thighs.

For years, I've been plagued by tight hamstrings. No matter how often I stretch the backs of my thighs or how often I attend yoga, these bad boys are always sore the day after a tough workout and ...

The hamstrings comprise three muscles that originate on the ischial tuberosity (your sit bones), run along the back of the thigh, cross behind the knee joint, and attach to the lower leg.

How to Loosen Up Your Hamstrings Too much biking, rowing or sitting can lead to tight hips and hamstring muscles. Simple stretches can help. By Jen Murphy Share ...

The hamstrings are my favorite muscle group. Hands down. Maybe it's because it's my biggest and best muscle group, most likely from years of hip-dominant compensation when I was dealing with over ...

That solves the balance problem and places the emphasis on the hamstrings and glutes of the working leg, with no rotation. Making sure to focus on a flat spine still applies here, and really go ...

Torrence's hamstrings help tell the remarkable story of a kid from Louisiana who quit football and battled obesity before becoming an NFL draft prospect.