How To Do The Hamstring Stretch With A Partner Video

The hamstring is the bicep muscle of the leg. Learn how to do the hamstring stretch with a partner in this fitness video.

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To active range of motion
Heel above shoulder joint
Drive heel up
Stay comfortable

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Carol Childers has been a physical fitness trainer for twenty three years. She is experienced in yoga, pilates, sports conditioning, core strength training and nutrition. She currently works with clients all over the country.

Hamstring stretch is the muscle in the back of the leg, a.k.a. bicep muscle of the leg, and it attaches in to the low back so it's a great muscle to keep stretched out. You use it all day long. As the partner, you're going to be able to apply passive resistance and elongate that muscle even further for them, so you take your partner up to the point of their active range of motion to the point where they're feeling the stretch in the low back, in the shoulders, maintain contact with mat. You're going to rest, have them flex, push that heel up towards the ceiling, and relax that heel above your shoulder joint because you're going to take care of your shoulder and your back too. You're coming forward in your hips to maintain neutral posture and then you're teaching them to drive that heel up towards the ceiling and as they breathe, you're coming forward as far as you can. Now, you'll feel those tendons kick in when your partner can't stretch any further. You don't want to go past the point of comfort in elongation, holding for 10 to 30 seconds with breath and release. Again, when your partner feels that back come off the floor, then they've stretched beyond their point of control. So take them up to active range of motion and then apply a passive resistance and really elongate to the top, pressing that heel up towards the ceiling and then holding for 10 to 30 seconds and then switch sides.

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