Hamstring Exercise – The 2 You Must Do

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A hamstring exercise is just as important as any other exercise and you need to make sure you’re incorporating some type of hamstring exercise into your workout program.

If you aren’t sure which hamstring exercise to do I’m here to help you…just keep reading.

There are 2 hamstring exercises that you absolutely MUST do. There are a few different types of exercises out there, but make sure you are at least doing the following at least once per week:

Machine Leg Curl -

• Begin by laying face down on the machine with the leg pad just above your heels.

• Perform the exercise by slowly exhaling and then pull your heels in toward your butt.

• Once you’ve moved as far as you can without any sense of straining, then you need to inhale and slowly return your heels to the starting position.
• Also, you can perform this exercise using only one leg at a time for variation.

Deadlifts -

• Stand with your feet a little less than shoulder-width apart.

• Bend down in a sitting motion until your thighs are parallel to the floor.

• Keeping your back straight and your spine as neutral as possible, take the barbell in your hands with an overhand grip with your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.

• Exhale, draw your abs in and then lift the bar by pushing up through your legs.

• As the bar reaches your knees during the lift phase, push your hips forward to raise your torso so that you are standing tall with your arms by your sides and the bar resting on your thighs.

• Hold the position for two counts, inhale and return the barbell to the floor.