How To Stretch Your Hamstrings The RIGHT Way!

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Most people are confused as to how to stretch the back of our legs, better known as our hamstrings. In simple words, here is what we should be focusing on:

1. Pelvis — Our hamstrings are attached to our hips. Therefore, movement of the pelvis/hip will have an effect on the hamstrings. Keeping an APT (anterior pelvic tilt) will ensure that we create length in our hamstrings before we do any forward folding. Disclaimer: DO NOT excessively do this step as it can over-stretch the attachment of the hamstring and cause injuries down the road. A small activation should be sufficient.

2. Spine — we want to fold with a flat back to properly stretch the hamstrings. However, once we have reached our maximum range of motion we can round keeping the length of our spine. This will allow our body to relax as well as stretch the upper posterior chain (low back/middle back). Be mindful not to round back, but rather, think chest to knees or even chest to chin — keeping a tall and proud posture as you round. In short: extending as we flex and reach forward (seated) or down (standing)

~ There are several ways to stretch your hamstrings. The two most common ones are standing and sitting. We recommend that you work on the standing versions only until a good level of flexibility has been achieved. We want to be able to sit with a straight back in order to properly stretch the hamstrings. We can elevate our sit bones/hips in order to achieve this, but sometimes this is not enough; in which case we want to prioritize standing stretching.

That’s it, family! Hope you found this video useful.

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SaturnoMovement
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I do love the humor of these short videos. And I really love stretch my hamstrings cause forward folds are my favorite, especially after waking up...

christiancambruzzi
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Harmstrings have been improving alot over the last half a year, used to barely get down over the knees. Now I can actually reach the floor! More Harmstring tips are always appreciated!

snickch
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Your videos helps tremendously!!
I started with almost 0 hamstrings flexibility
But regularly following your videos I am able to touch my head to knees!!!
Super happy
Thank you so much!!❤️💪

Calisthenicswalebhaiya
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Los quiero muchooo, gracias por tanto Gabo 💖

lucasbaglione
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so many people are going to benefit from this!

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Yes!
You guys are awesome, thanks for doing what you do!

elisteele
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Funny, very great info and straight to the point !! Good job SM family!!👍

christthight
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The tip about focusing on the pelvic tip is a game changer 👏🏾

TheIcemanHoop
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I am loving your shorts! So funny yet so informative :)

erikamt
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I need a HACK to process everything going on in this 1 min. video. 🤯🤪

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Thank you so much SM for the amazing content you guys are putting out.

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Much love for sharing such valuable information ❤️

komalmehta
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Minor adjustments making a big difference when I tried it out..thenks 🙂👍

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Great video! I wish I had the academy to learn even more about calisthenics yoga and all of that!

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Thanks for being so generous with your content. 🙏🏾👊🏾

albertguerzon
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dawg you actually taught me how to touch my toes im eternally grateful my whole life i couldnt do it and I learned after two months of stretching🤯

LostTrailPodcast
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I had to watch this several times, so much info and so quick! But I appreciate the format and the tips, hamstrings are a big challenge to me. Kudos for these short videos!

AdrianMoya
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I can touch my toes because of your routines !

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The amount of things I study from Gabo.
Much appreciated ❤

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