How to Do the Standing Hamstring and Calf Stretch
💪 Hamstrings🏋️ Other📊 Beginner🏷️ Stretching
How to perform it
- Being by looping a belt, band, or rope around one foot. While standing, place that foot forward.
- Bend your back leg, while keeping the front one straight. Now raise the toes of your front foot off of the ground and lean forward.
- Using the belt, pull on the top of the foot to increase the stretch in the calf. Hold for 10-20 seconds and repeat with the other foot.
Muscles worked
The Standing Hamstring and Calf Stretch primarily targets your Hamstrings. You'll need other.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Standing Hamstring and Calf Stretch 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.