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Seated Floor Hamstring Stretch

How to do the Seated Floor Hamstring 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 Seated Floor Hamstring Stretch

  1. 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. 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.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Seated Floor Hamstring 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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