How to do Runner's Stretch

Muscles worked

Main: Hamstrings. Also: Calves.

Step by step

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

Similar exercises

• 90/90 Hamstring
• Chair Leg Extended Stretch
• Front Leg Raises
• Hamstring Stretch
• Hamstring-SMR
• Inchworm

Instructions from Free Exercise DB, in the public domain. General guidance, not medical advice. Stop if anything hurts.