Open bodybuilder Martin Fitzwater smoked his hamstrings during a recent leg day training session ahead of the 2026 Arnold Classic.

Hinge at hips by sending glutes straight back, keeping back flat and core engaged. Kettlebell should tap between feet. Stand ...

If you’ve ever chanced a gym training session during peak hours you’ll know it’s pot luck whether you can get your hands on the equipment you’re intending to use or not. There will almost certainly be ...

You don't often hear anyone talking about how hard they hit their hamstrings at the gym. Leaving them out of your workout, though, is a big mistake, because they help you perform so many daily ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. For strong, powerful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aside from being the ying to your quadriceps’ yang, hamstrings play a part in a number of other daily activities. We’re talking ...

“Hamstrings provide strength and power when accelerating or running uphill,” Alison Staples, coach at &Running in Howard County, Maryland, tells Runner’s World. “The hamstrings cross and act upon two ...

The leg press exercise and machine are such good inventions that it would be foolish to use them only in their most conventional forms. The basic leg press is done with the feet hip-width apart, ...

Do you ever wake up with tight, stiff legs and wonder why? Or maybe, during yoga class, you find it difficult to touch your heels to the ground in downward-facing dog. Either way, you could probably ...