Platform Hamstring Slides
How to do the Platform Hamstring Slides with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Hamstrings
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How to do the Platform Hamstring Slides
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For this movement a wooden floor or similar is needed. Lay on your back with your legs extended. Place a gym towel or a light weight underneath your heel. This will be your starting position.
- 2
Begin the movement by flexing the knee, keeping your other leg straight.
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Continue bringing the heel closer to you, sliding it on the floor.
- 4
At full knee flexion, reverse the movement to return to the starting position.
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Every Platform Hamstring Slides set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your hamstrings volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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