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 ...

Getting stronger glutes doesn’t mean you have to do a zillion squats. If you’re looking for a different movement that’ll light up your booty, and then some, you’ve found it in the form of the ...

The conventional deadlift allows a higher bend on the knee while focussing on strength and power. The Romanian deadlift (RDL) is all about the hip hinge, with certain sections of the fitness community ...

Don't have access to a leg curl machine but need to target your hamstrings? Try these five effective alternatives. The post Hamstring workouts at home: 5 trainer-approved leg curl alternatives ...

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 ...

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 ...

A physical therapist shares the benefits of doing exercises for the backs of your thighs, plus the best moves to try. Want stronger, more powerful legs? Don’t skip the muscles you can’t see—your ...

The single leg hamstring bridge (SLHB) test is a clinical test for hamstring function used in screening programmes at the elite level. 13, 14 Such a simple clinical test of hamstring strength with the ...

I’ve been lifting weights for more than five years and I work as a fitness writer, so I often assume that I’ve tried every strength exercise out there. Thankfully, that isn’t true, because I recently ...

Then, with both feet flexed and knees bent, use both hamstrings to draw the ball in towards your body. Next up: the single-leg glute bridge. This move allows you to strengthen your glutes while ...