Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. For strong, powerful ...

Ah, hamstrings: the middle child of muscle groups. While they might not be the sexiest parts of our bodies, strong hamstrings play a vital role in our overall strength and stability. To learn more ...

Rise up for bigger, stronger hamstrings and glutes.

THE LEG CURL is one of the best machines—and best methods, period—for building hamstring strength and size. There are two types of hamstring curl machines, and you're likely to find one or the other ...

When it comes to lower-body workouts, deadlifts get a lot of attention. But they have a lesser-known cousin that delivers many of the same benefits, with the added advantage of needing less weight to ...

Natalia Perez-Segnini is a NASM-certified personal trainer, a yoga instructor, a breathwork practitioner and a trauma-informed specialist. As a head coach at Tone House—a premier athletic-based ...

Consider hitting an unassisted full range of motion rep to be the holy grail of hamstring training. The hamstrings are my favorite muscle group. Hands down. Maybe it's because it's my biggest and best ...

A certified trainer shares 5 chair exercises that restore leg strength after 60. No squats or heavy lifting needed.

Knee pain can make doing just about anything uncomfortable, if not downright impossible. These are some beneficial stretches ...

The muscle group that runs from the back of the hip to the knee bone can be especially vulnerable after a long, sedentary ...