Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / recovery
Seated Hamstring Stretch
Sit with one or both legs long, hinge from hips, and reach chest toward toes.
Muscles
- Primary
- hamstrings
- Supporting
- calves
Mechanics
- Pattern
- static stretch
- Equipment
- bodyweight
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Aerobic Stability (>90s)
- Target feel
- Hamstrings lengthen behind thigh while spine stays long.
- Progression
- Add contract-relax: press heel down for five seconds, then release.
- Regression
- Bend knees and sit on a pad.
Watch for
- Rounding aggressively
- Locking knee through discomfort
Substitutions
- Hamstring Roll
- Romanian deadlift
- Figure-four stretch