How to Do the Hamstring-SMR
💪 Hamstrings🏋️ Foam Roll📊 Beginner🏷️ Stretching
How to perform it
- In a seated position, extend your legs over a foam roll so that it is position on the back of the upper legs. Place your hands to the side or behind you to help support your weight. This will be your starting position.
- Using your hands, lift your hips off of the floor and shift your weight on the foam roll to one leg. Relax the hamstrings of the leg you are stretching.
- Roll over the foam from below the hip to above the back of the knee, pausing at points of tension for 10-30 seconds. Repeat for the other leg.
Muscles worked
The Hamstring-SMR primarily targets your Hamstrings. You'll need foam roll.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Hamstring-SMR slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.