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Hamstring Stretch - supine
Muscles Stretched: gastroc, glutes, biceps femoris, semitendinosus (hamstrings), adductor magnus.
Description
- Lie on your back with your legs out.
- Raise the leg to be stretched with the knee slightly bent.
- Grasp the calf or thigh and gently pull the upper leg toward your body.
- Get to the point of a mild stretch and hold.
- Repeat for each leg.
Notes
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There are several different stretching exercises for the hamstrings, see also hamstring stretch standing and sitting.
Related Pages
- Description of the hamstring muscle group
- See stretching guidelines for further instructions
- Complete stretching list
- why Spider-Man?
- See also tests to Measure Flexibility
- See all flexibility images in the Stretching Exercises Clipart Image Collection
Related Products
- Goniometers to measure flexibility.
- stretching books
