What is the best exercise for tight hamstrings and hips!?

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Bryan Meyer · Answer

So the question is, what do I do for tight hamstrings? So some of the most explosive athletes in the world have so-called tight hamstrings. So don't get too bent out of shape, but if it is causing pain and stuff in other places, you need to address it and there can be other things up and down the chain. But to get to your question, you're going to use a bed, you're going to get that leg up, you're nice and supported, your other leg's on the ground, you're going to sit into that back leg when you feel that little bit of a stretch, you're going to pull your ankle back and forth, it's going to pull on the back of the knee there and then go all the way up to your butt 30 to 45 seconds, wiggling it back and forth. Try not to lean forward, try to sit down into it. And again, you have the bed there for support. The other thing that I like to do is I like to load the stretch in a stretch position. So you're going to pop your leg up, make sure you're supported, soft knee, and then you're going to reach out, keeping your spine nice and straight and try to reach out far. Don't reach down, keep your back nice and straight. And then after you do that, I'm just going at a different angle so you can see. So I'd reach out, I'm feeling a pull on the bottom of my butt on my ischial, I would drive back up. Sometimes it can be because your hamstring's doing too much work, your glutes not doing enough and some other stuff. But again, try to load that stretch and hopefully these help and we'll see you soon.

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"What is the best exercise for tight hamstrings and hips!?"