Fix Tight Hamstrings - 2 Exercises for Hamstring Flexibility

Sick of your tight hamstrings? If you fail this simple hamstring flexibility test, you can unlock your stiff hamstrings with two simple exercises. You'll improve your hamstring flexibility, hamstring strength, and hip flexor strength with these simple functional exercises.

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00:06 - Tight hamstring test (You can't sit with straight legs)
00:33 - Tight hamstring exercise
03:40 - Tight hamstring exercise 2
05:23 - How often to do these exercises

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ABOUT THIS VIDEO

Learn how to test hamstring flexibility and then two exercises to increase flexibility in your hamstrings.

The hamstrings are a group of three muscles in the back of your thigh. Your hamstring flexibility can determine whether you can touch your toes or not, and can also impact how you sit, walk, and run. If your hamstrings are tight, take a few minutes to do these two exercises that will help you improve your hamstring flexibility. You'll be able to touch your toes sitting AND standing as you get better at these hamstring stretches.

Strengthening your hip flexors can help you improve hamstring flexibility and help you improve on the sit and reach test.

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[Uprighthealth]

How did this affect your hamstring flexibility?

[blueli]

I think this is the only method that works for all beginners. Really appreciate!!

[janecampion]

This teaching is so valuable. Thank you for it.

[pcts]

I was doing a lot of workout with hamstrings stretch for over a month and nothing helped. After two days of doing this excersise I finally, FIRST time in my life touched the floor with palms, standing and having straight legs. THANK YOU!!!

[Lolxoxoxo]

Thanks so much, I can’t wait to try !
I live healthy, eat well, get plenty of rest and deal with chronic knee and hip pain. I can’t help but wonder why friends that have horrible living habits have no pain 🤨
It doesn’t seem fair

[dingenskirchen]

You are the best. You have helped me a lot over the last three years with my bone on bone FAI. Greetings from good old Germany. Alexander

[betsykostas]

Amazing, thank you very much for your excellent teaching skills.

[JenDwyer]

Thank you Matt! I can't tell you how helpful your videos have been to me!

[truckywuckyuwu]

I started doing stretching on a few parts of my body not even 2 weeks ago. Already able to bend over and grab the bottom of my feet without even trying anymore. I want to get a bit more flexible, but for 2 weeks, already great progress.

Whole thing that got me into it was watching how my cats stretch like crazy every hour or so. Anytime they get up. I started doing it, and it feels great, and I also just feel better because of it.

[delmalouisrubin]

Thank you, nice exercises I can feel the difference

[MassMoment]

Thank you so much for this! I've been doing yoga from home for several months now. Many of the stretches I have down, but my hamstrings are always horrendously tight! I work at a desk, so increasing my hamstring flexibility has been a real challenge.

[leamartinbirch]

Good morning, super info. Clearly demonstrated.

[gracelambert]

I like all of your videos, Matt. My husband is going to start doing this for his tight hamstrings. Thanks!

[veronicaswartz]

Matt u t the best thank u very much for all your videos Veronica Canada

[Panchkula]

i recommend strenghtening and stretching all muscles around hamstrings as wel, nice video

[sramdavies]

Did one round following you on the video and my hip flexor pain disappeared thank you Matt

[paulacollman]

This is just what I needed, thank you so much!!

[chevywoods]

The quality of this video is amazing 🥺👉👈🏋️‍♂️

[anarchopiecrust]

Thank you so much. I have the worst hip flexors and they are causing me so much grief with long distance running. I am going to follow this and hopefully it'll help!

[meggarstang]

Just what I needed today. I’m working on improving my flexibility and it’s easy to incorporate these moves.