Tight Hamstrings?

You’ve just finished work and decide to go for a run at the gym. It was great but you notice your hamstrings are super tight. Deciding to head on out and mind it later.

If this is you, three key points to note in this paragraph will get you to elongate your hamstrings and increase your workout performance.

Sitting.

We all sit hours on end for work, commute and just in general. Have you thought about how long you sit in a day? The average client sits up to 10 hours a day every weekday! That is a lot of hours of butt flattening and muscle shortening lifestyle.
If you want to create more flexible hamstrings you will need to change your environment.

1. Opt for a desk that can become a standing desk.

2. Choose to stand while you eat your lunch at work.

3. Drive less and opt to bike or walk to work.

Exercise.

Your cardio routine can include hamstring focus. Key on FOCUS. Another reason you may have tight hamstrings is that you never work on strengthening them. As easy a treadmill workout can be over time it can be very quad and calf focused.

1. Add varying inclines to your treadmill workout

2. Opt to use the stair master and drive through your heel up to your glutes

3. Opt to add bridging to your routine

These are just a few short ways to work on those tight hamstrings. Working on them you will allow your body to do what it natural does, repair muscles. This creates longer muscles and overtime increase the length of your hamstrings.

Stretching.

Don’t forget to do your cool down stretches. Without stretching you don’t allow your body to cool down to an optimal level so that tension leaves your body after a good workout. I recommend going up to 5 minutes of a full-body stretching because all muscles work together to function better. Homeostasis if you will.

1. Kneeling hip flexor stretch into quad and hamstring stretch

2. Inner thigh stretches

3. Knees over to the side, arms to a T for your back

4. Happy baby for hip opening

5. Figure-4 for glute stretching

Now you know what I recommend to all my clients with tight hamstrings. Will you take action to make them better?

if you need more motivation and guidance I’m available for 1:1 trainings in Culver City, Los Angeles, CA. Reach out anytime when you want to book in.