Mobility
Hamstring Contract-Relax
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Mat
- Pattern and target
- Mobility
- Hamstrings
How to do it
- Lie on your back and raise one straight leg, holding behind the thigh or using a strap.
- Take it to a mild stretch, then press the leg down into your hands for five seconds at about a third of your effort.
- Relax, breathe out, and take the leg a little further into the new range.
- Repeat the press-and-ease as many times as the set allows, then hold the end range actively for ten seconds to finish. The time shown is the total for both legs — half on each.