You can do a hamstring curl with or without gym equipment. Some variations involve standing, sitting on a chair, or lying face-down on the floor. These muscles function together to bend your knee and ...

Bored of doing the same old leg curls and Romanian deadlifts? Breathe new life into your leg workouts with these new ...

Touching your toes takes hamstring flexibility. (Photo illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) Reaching down to the ground to touch your toes can feel very satisfying. It’s an ...

A personal trainer says these are the 7 steps you should take to build the ‘perfect’ lower-body workout (and a routine to try ...

If you're like a lot of iron warriors, muscle groups like biceps, back, and chest get all the love, leaving your legs a tad neglected. By now, you've probably seen enough memes to know that skipping ...

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Hamstring curls often get a bad rap. Master This Move for Total-Body Gains This Quick Workout Tones Muscle in Under 30 Mins How to do Cossack squats for strength and mobility The problem though, is ...

Benefit: By adding a balance challenge, this move calls more fibers into action. Stand and hold dumbbells at your sides, palms facing in. Extend your right leg behind you, keeping your toes on the ...

The squat is the gold standard leg exercise either done with weights, no weights, tubing, and/or weighted balls. The benefits are many—from sports skills improvements to maximize caloric expenditure.

Hamstrings don’t get nearly the credit they deserve. They’re responsible for extending your legs and bending your knees, which are part of practically every movement you do on a day-to-day ...

Learning to touch your toes can increase your flexibility. Tips to learn how include stretching, foam rolling, and engaging in resistance training such as squats. Learn about some common stretches ...