Inverted Hamstring Stretch
- Primary muscles
- Hamstrings
- Secondary muscles
- None
- Equipment
- Body weight
- Movement pattern
- None
Steps
- 1 Stand tall with your feet together and your core engaged.
- 2 Shift your weight onto one leg, keeping a slight bend in your knee.
- 3 Hinge at your hips, lowering your torso forward while simultaneously extending your opposite leg straight back behind you.
- 4 Continue to lower your torso and raise your extended leg until both are roughly parallel to the floor, forming a straight line from your head to your heel.
- 5 Reverse the movement by driving through your standing heel to return to the upright starting position.
- 6 Complete the desired repetitions on one side, then switch legs and repeat the movement.
