Seated Hamstring

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Seated Hamstring — start position
Start
Seated Hamstring — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryHamstrings
SecondaryCalves

How to do it

  1. 01

    In a seated position with your legs extended, have your partner stand behind you. Now, lean forward as your partner braces your shoulders with their hands. This will be your starting position.

  2. 02

    Attempt to push your torso back for 10-20 seconds, as your partner prevents any actual movement of your torso.

  3. 03

    Now relax your muscles as your partner increases the stretch by gently pushing your torso forward for 10-20 seconds.

In the app

Seated Hamstring appears when you own the kit it needs and the day's window has room for it. Its minutes come from Rule 2 (Sessions are built to fit, never guaranteed, graded product): the window sets how long it runs, never the other way round.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have the kit it needs

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With bodyweight

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