Category: Weightlifting Subcategory: Workouts

How To Choose The Best Hamstring Workout

Step-by-step Instructions

Here is what you need to do...

Step 1

The hamstring is one of the largest muscles in the body. It makes up the back side of your leg. Your hamstring helps you run, walk, and keep your balance. It is also one of the largest contributors to any jumping motions. Hamstring development is very important for any athlete or weight lifter.

Step 2

Hamstrings can be stressed in almost any leg movements. Very common leg exercises that include hamstrings are various squats, deadlifts, or plyometric movements. Although these exercises are great for hamstring development, they don't isolate the hamstring from the other muscles.

Step 3

When choosing a hamstring workout, look at exercise that will isolate the hamstring. Movements like a hamstring curl or straight leg deadlift are very common. They isolate the hamstring and allow for only the hamstrings to lift the weight. Movements such as squats call for your quads and core muscles to both stabilize the weight, and move the weight up and down.

Step 4

There are many leg exercises out there. To choose the best hamstring exercise focus on workouts that will isolate the hamstring for the best results. However, i would supplement hamstring workouts with large core movements such as squat and deadliest to help move different angles of your hamstrings.

Special Attention

Difficulties people often experience or parts that need special attention to do it right.

It is important to choose exercises that isolate the hamstring muscle. Whenever you lift weights allows focus on using proper form and technique. Whenever you isolate a muscle its very common to not use as much weight, so don't lift with your ego and try to use to much weight.