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Runner's Stretch
Runner's Stretch is a beginner stretching exercise. It works the hamstrings, with help from the calves.
beginnerotherstatic movementstretching
- Main muscles
- hamstrings
- Also works
- calves
How to do it
- 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.
- Keep the front heel on the floor (if it lifts up, scoot your other leg further back).
- 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.
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Similar exercises
- Chair Leg Extended Stretch · other, beginner
- Hamstring Stretch · other, beginner
- Leg-Up Hamstring Stretch · other, beginner
- Seated Floor Hamstring Stretch · other, beginner
- Standing Hamstring and Calf Stretch · other, beginner
- Standing Toe Touches · other, beginner
- The Straddle · other, beginner
- Upper Back-Leg Grab · other, beginner
General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).