Your hamstrings might not be the most visible muscles, but they’re among the most important for overall fitness and injury prevention. These powerful muscles at the back of your thighs play a critical ...

For strong, powerful legs, you need to work both your quads (on the front of your thighs), and hamstrings (on the back). For the quads, squats are a given. But what are the best exercises to hit the ...

The hamstrings are the large muscles located at the back of your legs, behind the thighs. They are recruited in almost all of our daily activities from walking to bending down to standing up from the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Nordic curls are a bit of a gymgoer’s party trick. As you lower the backside of your body backwards ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Shoshana has an exercise that will work your glutes, hamstring and arms! All you need is a set of hand weights.

You arrive at the gym, turned up, ready to smash your workout into a million pieces; then, the unthinkable. You look around and see, to your dismay, that every single piece of equipment you intended ...

The best time to do it: Padilla recommends doing this exercise during regular strength training sessions, two to three times ...

Prolonged desk work can lead to musculoskeletal problems ranging from annoying aches and pains to injuries. This month, we launched a six-part series showing you how to stretch and strengthen your ...

Body-weight exercises help build strength, especially when you are on the go and do not have access to a gym. Strength training generally also helps prevent disease, improves mood, and supports strong ...

Jakob Roze, CSCS, is a health writer and high-end personal trainer. He is the founder and CEO of RozeFit, a high-end concierge personal training practice and online blog. The muscles in your lower ...