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Runner's Stretch

How to do the Runner's Stretch with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

BeginnerStatic
Primary muscles

Hamstrings

Secondary

Calves

Equipment

Bodyweight

Step by step

How to do the Runner's Stretch

  1. 1

    It's easiest to get into this stretch if you start standing up, put one leg behind you, and slowly lower your torso down to the floor.

  2. 2

    Keep the front heel on the floor (if it lifts up, scoot your other leg further back).

  3. 3

    Place your hands on either side of your front leg. To get more out of this stretch, push your butt up toward the ceiling, and then gradually lower it back toward the floor. You'll Stretch the hip flexor of the back leg and the hamstring and buttocks of the front.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Runner's Stretch 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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