Tightening Up Your Hamstrings
by: Sheila - December 17th, 2007
For alot women this seems to be a problem area. Getting the hamstrings tight and free of celulite can be very challenging. The exercises I have found that seem to help are lunges, squats, leg press, leg curls and dead lifts (if you have a good back). Any one have any other great exercises for this problem area?
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12/17/07
The number one thing isn't the exercise...it's the diet! But the exercises that help the most are straight leg deadlifts, curls, lunges and squats.
12/17/07
My number one exercise that helps is straight leg deadlifts. I just like feeling the stretch in the hamstrings.
12/18/07
Here's one with resista ball:
Lay on the ground on your back with feet on the ball. Lift hips off the floor. Keeping hips off the floor, roll the ball in towards your glutes, squeezing through the hamstrings & glutes. Return to extended legs and repeat.
This can be done with a single leg too to make it more difficult.
Lay on the ground on your back with feet on the ball. Lift hips off the floor. Keeping hips off the floor, roll the ball in towards your glutes, squeezing through the hamstrings & glutes. Return to extended legs and repeat.
This can be done with a single leg too to make it more difficult.
12/21/07
Thanks Rebecca, I was looking for a variety of exercises. I forgot about this one and I do agree that diet also is very important, thanks to all.
Low back extensions and proper diet work real well as well as what you mentioned in your blog. Remember cellulite is just fat stored within skin and muscle, jailed by connective tissue. Superchick