For on-demand lower-body workouts — plus fitness challenges, meal plans and inspiration — download the Start TODAY app! If you're walking, standing up from the couch or bending down to pick something ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Theresa Marko, PT Exercising your hamstrings is important for mobility (movement), athletic performance, and reducing injury risk. 1. Glute Bridge A glute bridge improves hip ...

THE LEG CURL is one of the best machines for building hamstring strength and size. If you don't have one handy, though, what's the next best option? There are two types of hamstring curl machines, and ...

These hamstring moves will leave you strong, flexible, and injury-free. You don't often hear anyone talking about how hard they hit their hamstrings at the gym. When we think of apps like Apple ...

Two strength-building exercises every mountain biker should do are split squats and single-leg hamstring curls. Here’s why: When you’re in the saddle, you never get quite full leg range of motion when ...

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 ...

The hamstrings are important muscles to train, but it can be tough to work the mighty muscle group without taxing your back doing moves like Romanian deadlifts or good mornings. You can isolate the ...

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 ...