Hamstring exercises
The hamstrings do two jobs: they bend the knee and they extend the hip. Train both — curls for the knee, Romanian deadlifts and other hinges for the hip — because each loads the muscle differently.
57 exercises
Main movers
- Band Romanian deadliftBeginnerBand
- Barbell Good MorningIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell Jefferson CurlAdvancedBarbell
- Barbell Rack PullIntermediateBarbell
- Bodyweight good morningBeginnerBodyweight
- Cable Good MorningIntermediateCable
- Cable pull-throughBeginnerCable
- Conventional deadliftAdvancedBarbell
- Downward dogBeginnerBodyweight
- Dumbbell Good MorningIntermediateDumbbells
- Dumbbell Jefferson CurlAdvancedDumbbells
- Kettlebell Back ExtensionIntermediateKettlebell
- Kettlebell Good MorningIntermediateKettlebell
- Kettlebell Jefferson CurlAdvancedKettlebell
- Kettlebell swingIntermediateKettlebell
- Lying Cable Leg CurlIntermediateCable
- Lying Dumbbell Leg CurlIntermediateDumbbells
- Lying leg curlBeginnerMachine
- Nordic hamstring curlAdvancedBodyweight
- Romanian deadliftIntermediateBarbell
- Seated Cable Leg CurlIntermediateCable
- Seated leg curlBeginnerMachine
- Single-leg Romanian deadliftIntermediateDumbbells
- Smith Machine B-Stance Romanian DeadliftIntermediateMachine
- Smith Machine Good MorningAdvancedMachine
- Smith Machine Romanian DeadliftIntermediateMachine
- Smith Machine Single-Leg Romanian DeadliftAdvancedMachine
- Smith Machine Stiff-Leg DeadliftIntermediateMachine
- Standing Cable Leg CurlBeginnerCable
- Standing hamstring stretchBeginnerBodyweight
Also worked
- Back extensionBeginnerMachine
- Barbell back squatIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell Bent-Over ShrugIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell hip thrustIntermediateBarbell
- Bent-Over Dumbbell ShrugIntermediateDumbbells
- Bodyweight reverse lungeBeginnerBodyweight
- Bodyweight split squatBeginnerBodyweight
- Bodyweight squatBeginnerBodyweight
- Bodyweight walking lungeIntermediateBodyweight
- Box jumpIntermediateBodyweight
- Bulgarian split squatIntermediateDumbbells
- Dumbbell Curtsy LungeIntermediateDumbbells
- Front squatAdvancedBarbell
- Glute bridgeBeginnerBodyweight
- Hack squatBeginnerMachine
- Incline treadmill walkBeginnerMachine
- Jump squatIntermediateBodyweight
- Lateral lungeBeginnerDumbbells
- Leg pressBeginnerMachine
- Reverse lungeBeginnerDumbbells
- Single-leg glute bridgeIntermediateBodyweight
- Step-upBeginnerDumbbells
- Sumo deadliftAdvancedBarbell
- Trap bar deadliftIntermediateBarbell
- Treadmill runBeginnerMachine
- Walking lungeIntermediateDumbbells
- World's greatest stretchIntermediateBodyweight