I once had a fitness instructor call his hamstrings “ham chains” in reference to how tight his were. I could relate. While I love cardio workouts like running, spinning and dance classes, I hate ...

Go to any search engine and type, "How to stretch your hamstrings." How many different answers pop up? How many stretches have you tried? You might even see a few search results telling you to stop ...

The semitendinosus is one of the four muscles in the hamstring muscle group. The others are the semimembranosus and the biceps femoris. The semitendinosus is the longest of these muscles, and it runs ...

Of all the muscles you're working on the reg, having tight hamstrings can lead to a domino effect of bodily woes, which is why it's extra important to use this particular stretch keep them limber.

Tight hamstrings are an incredibly common complaint among runners, whether they spend their time at a local parkrun, are getting ready for their next 10K race or are training for a marathon. Actually ...

Tight hamstrings can feel like a stiffness or lack of mobility in the back of your thigh. Running and lifting weights can cause hamstring injuries so it's important to stretch before. Massage and ...

Hamstring tightness occurs when the muscles on the back of the thighs become shortened due to injury, sitting for long periods, muscle overuse, or a history of inactivity. The hamstrings consist of ...

If you can’t touch your toes without majorly bending your knees, that’s a sure sign you could benefit from doing hamstring stretches. But even if you can touch your toes easily, you should still be ...

If you do workouts that engage your lower body, odds are your hamstrings are going to feel tight and sore at some point. To relieve that annoying (and borderline painful!) tension, you should stretch ...