Did you know your hamstring has three parts (this is the big muscle at the back of your thigh)… As well as crossing your knee joint to help you bend your knee, they also cross your hip. This means the hamstring helps you extend your hip (take your leg backwards).
This month we will be going through some different exercises you can do for common muscle groups to change up your strength training
1. A bridge with a knee curl – bridge up squeezing the glutes & keeping the hips level. Keeping this same position roll the feet in towards your glutes and back out. Repeat.
2. Nordic hamstring curl – great for working on eccentric strength which means strengthening a muscle while it’s lengthening. This can carry over into exercises that require deceleration such as running/sprinting. it’s also great to prevent hamstring injuries. Aim to keep you bum tucked under… NO sticking your bum out! you want to be in a plank/straight line position.
Only go as far as you can control before this line changes.
