Hamstrings: Unstiffen Your Hamstrings

Hamstrings: Unstiffen Your Hamstrings

Hamstrings often become tight, dry, and stuck together due to weak glutes — forcing these supporting muscles to compensate and do more work than they’re engineered for — and honestly, because we sit. A lot.

Use these videos to unstiffen your hammies! And guess what? We don’t care if you EVER touch your toes.

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Hamstrings: Unstiffen Your Hamstrings
  • A4Y Practice Plan

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    This 1-month practice plan will help you get real — more aware and actionable — about how you will use yoga to move towards your goals:

    • Print or fill it out digitally. 
    • Start each week by naming your goals: Identify the physical or mental Reset you need most and make a plan. 
    • Review what w...

  • Flexible Running Hamstrings

    Can't touch your toes? No big deal. Your hamstrings should be like rubber bands, not guitar strings. This Reset will encourage your hammies to become more elastic and increase the fluidity of your stride.
    - Focus: hamstring flexibility
    - Key muscles: hamstrings, hips
    - When: pre- or post-workout
    ...

  • Comprehensive Hip + Hamstring Reset

    Use this comprehensive recovery routine for your hips and hamstrings to re-lengthen stiff hamstrings and restore hip range of motion. Enjoy the added bonus of easing low back pain and discomfort along the way. Includes Legs up the Wall and plenty of time for what's needed most post-workout: rest....

  • 5-Minute Hamstring Reset

    The combo of workouts and prolonged sitting leaves the hamstrings tight, dry, and stuck together — and not very happy. This quick Reset will increase circulation to this muscle group and help you to improve and maintain optimal flexibility.
    - Focus: injury prevention, recovery
    - Key muscles: hams...

  • What's going on back there?

    Exclusive routine from HIT RESET: Revolutionary Yoga for Athletes!
    People don't pay much attention to their hamstrings, other than to moan about how stiff they are. The fact is we could all use a little hammy time... Use this self-test from HIT RESET to assess and correct your hamstring stretchin...

  • Hammy Time

    It's hammy time! For those times when you're out of gas and don't have much energy or time to stretch, use the wall to align and support your body while quickly re-lengthening stiff muscles. Includes a comprehensive hamstring Reset plus a hip opener. Shout out to Oiselle CEO Sally Bergesen for na...

  • Pre-Run Warm Up with Alysia Montaño

    Get ready to run! Join Olympian Alysia Montaño at one of her local training spots for a quick pre-workout routine to warm up your breath and key muscles, create fluidity through your hamstrings and hips, and align your stride for the miles ahead.
    - Focus: warm up
    - Key muscles: hamstrings, hips
    -...

  • Quick Post-Run Reset

    Use this quick post-run cool down to ease stiffness and tension in your hamstrings, hips, and back by moving your body outside your usual, forward-oriented range of motion before you head back inside.
    - Focus: recovery
    - Key muscles: hamstrings, hips, back
    - When: post-run

  • Align Your Stride

    Get ready to run! Use this quick pre-workout routine to warm up your breath and key muscles, create fluidity through your hamstrings and hips, and align your stride for the miles ahead.
    - Focus: warm up
    - Key muscles: hamstrings, hips
    - When: pre-run

  • Recovery Boost for Runners

    Sometimes, rest is best. Use this full body Reset to address common running imbalances from head to toe and kickstart your recovery.
    - Focus: recovery
    - Key muscles: feet, hamstrings, hips
    - When: post-workout or recovery day
    - Suggested props: bolster or pillow, strap

  • High Mileage Reset

    Use this full body Reset after a big week of mileage, and especially during your peak weeks to absorb all of your hard work and ensure you don't dip into deficit. Embrace this recovery time is just as important and equally as productive as the miles themselves.
    - Focus: recovery
    - Key muscles: ca...

  • How To Kickstart Recovery

    Get the most out of your training by intentionally transitioning from work to rest. Use this post-workout Reset to re-establish space in your body and restore fluidity, helping to kickstart recovery so that your hard work can be optimized.
    - Focus: recovery
    - Key muscles: hamstrings, hips, chest,...