The hamstrings are the large muscles located at the back of your legs, behind the thighs. They are recruited in almost all of our daily activities from walking to bending down to standing up from the ...

I’ve been doing a lot of work to strengthen my legs lately; the move that has made the biggest difference is the hamstring ...

Exercising your hamstrings is important for mobility (movement), athletic performance, and reducing injury risk. 1. Glute Bridge A glute bridge improves hip stability and alignment (proper position of ...

Natalia Perez-Segnini is a NASM-certified personal trainer, a yoga instructor, a breathwork practitioner and a trauma-informed specialist. As a head coach at Tone House—a premier athletic-based ...

THE LEG CURL is one of the best machines—and best methods, period—for building hamstring strength and size. There are two types of hamstring curl machines, and you're likely to find one or the other ...

Nordic curls are a bit of a gymgoer’s party trick. As you lower the backside of your body backwards toward the ground, it may look like you’re levitating from certain angles. But this move isn’t all ...

Ready to give those legs and glutes a run for their money? We know that working on your lower body is essential not just for ...

The dumbbell squat to press, also known as a thruster, is a compound exercise that starts in a front squat position and ends in an overhead press. This full body movement can be done using dumbbells, ...

When it comes to lower-body workouts, deadlifts get a lot of attention. But they have a lesser-known cousin that delivers many of the same benefits, with the added advantage of needing less weight to ...