Hamstring
The Best Way for Athletes to Stretch Their Hamstrings
If you spend an appreciable amount of time in a gym setting, you start to hear many of the same phrases, especially concerning pain, discomfort, and even injuries. "Man, my [...]
Underrated Causes of Hamstring Strains
Hamstring injuries are still all too common in athletics, however, the scientific community is discovering more about the inner workings of the several mechanisms responsible for causing these painful injuries. [...]
How to Prevent Hamstring Injuries
The hamstrings are used so frequently, it's easy to see how they can become so overstressed and fatigued that they end up being injured. So how can we prevent these overuse injuries from happening?
Hamstring Pain Holding You Back?
If you are an athlete and don't spend time on your hamstrings, well, get to it!
Hamstring Training for High School Soccer Players
Hamstring injuries account for approximately 17% of all injuries in soccer (1). They mainly occur during change of direction movements, when accelerating to top speed, and overstretched (1). They are [...]
The Benefits of Backward Running
For most athletes, their training includes a substantial amount of running. It's how we jog, sprint, and move from drill to drill during practice. But aside from a small group [...]
Fix Your Hips in 5 Minutes
Sitting at a desk all day stinks. I sit at a computer writing articles like this one. Many of you are stuck at school in some horribly uncomfortable desk, or [...]
You’re Probably Neglecting Your Posterior Chain. Here’s How to Train It
To achieve maximum strength levels, you must be well-rounded in your training. Many athletes are quick to train the “beach muscles”—biceps, triceps, pecs, etc.—but often neglect to train the body [...]
What Is ‘Quad Dominance’ and Why Does it Affect Almost Everyone?
Balance is a word that gets thrown around a lot in the performance world. For myself, when I talk about someone being balanced, I'm referring to the body existing in [...]
College Football Player Shows Off Mind-Blowing Hamstring Strength in Viral Video
There are hamstrings, and then there are ham-ropes. Jalen Camp has some heavy duty ham-ropes. In a recent viral video, Camp, a rising senior wide receiver at Georgia Tech, showed [...]
