Stand with your feet directly underneath your hips and place your hands lightly behind your head with elbows wide. Slowly ...

Glute bridges target the hamstrings and glutes. If you're walking, standing up from the couch or bending down to pick something up, you are using your hamstrings. The muscles, which run down the back ...

If you're like a lot of iron warriors, muscle groups like biceps, back, and chest get all the love, leaving your legs a tad neglected. By now, you've probably seen enough memes to know that skipping ...

Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports. She is also the author of “Practical Solutions for Back Pain ...

Hamstring Flossing How to Do It: Lie on your back and grab one thigh behind your knee with both hands, creating a 90-degree bend relative to your torso. Make sure that opposite leg is straight to ...

When someone is feeling pain or soreness in a body part, such as the hamstrings, it is natural to believe that stretching things out can help relieve some of it. There are certainly important benefits ...

The hamstrings tend to get a lot of love during a stretch routine (who doesn’t have tight hammies?). When it comes to strength training, though, the quads and calves steal most of the spotlight — ...

The seated pike stretch also benefits your lower back by promoting flexibility and reducing stiffness. A flexible lower back ...

Get the blood flowing and muscles firing with these six warm-up stretches for runners to prevent injury and feel your best.

(CNN) — Hamstring tightness is one of the most common complaints I hear from athletes, everyday exercisers and desk workers alike. No matter how much you may try to stretch, the tightness doesn’t go ...