Exercising your hamstrings is important for mobility (movement), athletic performance, and reducing injury risk. A glute bridge improves hip stability and alignment (proper position of the hips). This ...

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 ...

Background Hamstring strain injuries (HSI) are characterized by a very high recurrence rate. Despite indications from the field that deficits in strength endurance and fatigability play a role in (re- ...

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 — ...

Correspondence to Muhammad Ikhwan Zein, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands; m.i.zein{at}amsterdamumc.nl ...

Strong hamstrings will enable you to pedal efficiently throughout your ride and reduce the risk of injury. Common forms of pain from cycling, such as back pain, often stem from weak hamstrings.

How many of you include hamstring exercises in your leg workouts? And bum exercises? I’ll hedge my bets a lot more of you answered yes to the latter. While neither are anterior chain muscles (i.e., ...