The WORST Hamstring Stretch (But Everyone Does It)
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Date: 2022-04-22
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Steven
3 18 20 Thanks Jeff, I just stretched my hamstrings like your video, man I have seen chiropractors, Moor orthopedic Doctors then you care to know about. I got stuck in a bottle of perks after a total knee replacement in 2011 ( YA ) its been some time sense I Took care of me. and with todays opioid crises you just get black balled, psych meds< and in the VA Maybe, Maybe a therapist. Whom just want, s to give you Psych Meds. I am 58 and could use a good Daly work out plan. I have been doing pushups squats ( not the correct way) and stretching (not the correct way) Ya Jeff I found your sight With the help of god. Just looking to learn so I can shear. Steven Baiona
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3 18 20 Thanks Jeff, I just stretched my hamstrings like your video, man I have seen chiropractors, Moor orthopedic Doctors then you care to know about. I got stuck in a bottle of perks after a total knee replacement in 2011 ( YA ) its been some time sense I Took care of me. and with todays opioid crises you just get black balled, psych meds< and in the VA Maybe, Maybe a therapist. Whom just want, s to give you Psych Meds. I am 58 and could use a good Daly work out plan. I have been doing pushups squats ( not the correct way) and stretching (not the correct way) Ya Jeff I found your sight With the help of god. Just looking to learn so I can shear. Steven Baiona
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Karen
Thanks for this very important PSA. Awareness of this issue is often worked on in yoga class. If the yoga teacher knows how to properly instruct forward bends, they always emphasize not bending forward into flexion until you get your anterior tilt. Taking some height under your hips, blanket, block or bolsters, even up to the level of a chair or bench, and letting your legs slope downwards as you show in your video, is the best way to access that anterior pelvic tilt. Important not to skip this step or power through a stretch with improper form.
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Thanks for this very important PSA. Awareness of this issue is often worked on in yoga class. If the yoga teacher knows how to properly instruct forward bends, they always emphasize not bending forward into flexion until you get your anterior tilt. Taking some height under your hips, blanket, block or bolsters, even up to the level of a chair or bench, and letting your legs slope downwards as you show in your video, is the best way to access that anterior pelvic tilt. Important not to skip this step or power through a stretch with improper form.
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LudiCoka
I'd really appreciate it if someone would help me. I can't even feel hamstrings in any of hamstring stretches and this isn't an exclusion. All i feel is stretch around my calves, not so much calves themselves but around them. I thought it was just tight calves and with time I would get them looser and then could stretch hamstrings further. But I simply have no progress at this area around my calves and can't do anything about it. Other parts of my body i got to decent flexibility.
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I'd really appreciate it if someone would help me. I can't even feel hamstrings in any of hamstring stretches and this isn't an exclusion. All i feel is stretch around my calves, not so much calves themselves but around them. I thought it was just tight calves and with time I would get them looser and then could stretch hamstrings further. But I simply have no progress at this area around my calves and can't do anything about it. Other parts of my body i got to decent flexibility.
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RTB75
Hey Jeff, i've no idea if i have tight hamstrings. I can touch my toes and even the floor no problems but i'm looking to protect my lower back. Just watched your vid on the butt wink. I usually train by myself so i have no one to tell me if i go into posterior tilt. I want to avoid the sudden change from anterior to posterior tilt to protect my back. Is there a way to assess if my hamstrings are excessively tight or if i butt wink? Please help.
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Hey Jeff, i've no idea if i have tight hamstrings. I can touch my toes and even the floor no problems but i'm looking to protect my lower back. Just watched your vid on the butt wink. I usually train by myself so i have no one to tell me if i go into posterior tilt. I want to avoid the sudden change from anterior to posterior tilt to protect my back. Is there a way to assess if my hamstrings are excessively tight or if i butt wink? Please help.
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Phanes
Sounds to me like grade schools need to have body classes set up just so you know how to use what you were born with. -Don't do that with your pinky folded or you might blow out your knees! - Yeah, I exaggerated, but it would be nice if you could just go by: If it hurts, don't do it! It didn't hurt to sit all slumped down in a chair for 51 years, but now it just hurts to stand up. :( Thanks for these videos!
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Sounds to me like grade schools need to have body classes set up just so you know how to use what you were born with. -Don't do that with your pinky folded or you might blow out your knees! - Yeah, I exaggerated, but it would be nice if you could just go by: If it hurts, don't do it! It didn't hurt to sit all slumped down in a chair for 51 years, but now it just hurts to stand up. :( Thanks for these videos!
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Janet
My chiropractor told me to do this hamstring stretch and whilst stretching remember to have my eyes focus at one point in front of me, I didn't understand why that's necessary and often have my head looked down. After watching this video now I know why! Keeping my eyes straight at a point even when I lean forward helps maintaining the anterior tilt! Thank you so much for the detailed explanation!
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My chiropractor told me to do this hamstring stretch and whilst stretching remember to have my eyes focus at one point in front of me, I didn't understand why that's necessary and often have my head looked down. After watching this video now I know why! Keeping my eyes straight at a point even when I lean forward helps maintaining the anterior tilt! Thank you so much for the detailed explanation!
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Yeshua
Wait, wait wait. You guys mean that the -normal-, usual I mean, the usual flexibility stretching SUCKS? And I should not do it? I really want to start develop all the areas of power for my own personal evolution. strength, endurance, flexibility, equilibrium, breathing, speed, velocity. and you understand what I mean. The usual martial arts kinda stretches are BAD? Please, I wanna know!
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Wait, wait wait. You guys mean that the -normal-, usual I mean, the usual flexibility stretching SUCKS? And I should not do it? I really want to start develop all the areas of power for my own personal evolution. strength, endurance, flexibility, equilibrium, breathing, speed, velocity. and you understand what I mean. The usual martial arts kinda stretches are BAD? Please, I wanna know!
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Gina
I didn't feel a hamstring stretch by doing this. What does that mean? I have a 'natural' anterior pelvic tilt, so from what you have talked about in the past I shouldn't stretch my hamstrings exclusively the 'usual' way (seated on the ground and your legs look like a 4-stretch. How else should I stretch my -hamstrings, - when I have an anterior pelvic tilt? Thanks.
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I didn't feel a hamstring stretch by doing this. What does that mean? I have a 'natural' anterior pelvic tilt, so from what you have talked about in the past I shouldn't stretch my hamstrings exclusively the 'usual' way (seated on the ground and your legs look like a 4-stretch. How else should I stretch my -hamstrings, - when I have an anterior pelvic tilt? Thanks.
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Peacemekka
Man the one you show in the thumbnail is a Yogasana, I guess it's called 'Paschimottanasana' (however this is a double leg variation)
I used to do this as a part of my Yoga and not as a hamstring stretch.
I think it's supposed to stretch your spine - mostly the lower spine if you inhale and blow you gut out in the final position.
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Man the one you show in the thumbnail is a Yogasana, I guess it's called 'Paschimottanasana' (however this is a double leg variation)
I used to do this as a part of my Yoga and not as a hamstring stretch.
I think it's supposed to stretch your spine - mostly the lower spine if you inhale and blow you gut out in the final position.
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blake
Man, I'm forty and getting back into shape. I find the information you give priceless. I was struggling on dead lifts today and wondering how I could get better range of motion in my hamstrings. Boom! Free lesson. Right here. Now, I'm sitting on my bench before bed, stretching them the right way for the first time EVER. Thank you so much.
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Man, I'm forty and getting back into shape. I find the information you give priceless. I was struggling on dead lifts today and wondering how I could get better range of motion in my hamstrings. Boom! Free lesson. Right here. Now, I'm sitting on my bench before bed, stretching them the right way for the first time EVER. Thank you so much.
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