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How to Do Seated Floor Hamstring Stretch

Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the seated floor hamstring stretch.

How to do it

1. Sit on a mat with your right leg extended in front of you and your left leg bent with your foot against your right inner thigh.
2. Lean forward from your hips and reach for your ankle until you feel a stretch in your hamstring. Hold for 15 seconds, then repeat for your other side.

Form tips

• Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
• Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
• Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
• Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).

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Exercise photos and instructions: free-exercise-db (public domain). Animation made from the real start and end photos.