Hey there, Stephane! Your video was incredibly insightful and helpful. I never realized the potential risks of improper hamstring stretches before. Your explanation about the sciatic nerve and the importance of elasticity in the hamstrings for runners really made sense. The alternative stretch you showed using a fist or a ball under the thigh was genius! I can't wait to try it out. Thanks for sharing such valuable information. Keep up the fantastic work!
Hi Stephane, thanks for sharing the risks of incorrect stretching. Interesting how many "professional" opinions there are on this subject. Your explanation makes sense, and I think I'll try the ball under the hamstring.
It's always good to dive deeper into a subject. This might not work for other activities, but for running, pretty sure we need those hammies! Unless there is a true pathology or dangerously short hamstrings... Should have specified that... Thanks for watching and please let me know if the ball thing works for you!
This is an interesting and informative video even though I don't do hamstring stretches. This 'stretch hater' will try your recommend hamstring stretch instead 😆
Haha! Thanks for the comment. And the coffee 🤤! Yeah I wonder where this obsession with hamstrings static stretches came from. Maybe because they're easy to do...
Wow, I never knew that. The previous hamstring stretches are advocates. Thanks for the information. Does this stretch only apply to someone running 🏃♀️ can you do this to stretch the hamstring all the time?
@@cecestewart1097 These mobility exercises are with the runner in mind. If you are a yogi or a martial artist, you might need more specific stretches, but always bear in mind that the sciatic nerve is in there... You must be sure that you intentionally want to stretch it, before you engage those ankles into your hamstring static stretches.
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Hey there, Stephane! Your video was incredibly insightful and helpful. I never realized the potential risks of improper hamstring stretches before. Your explanation about the sciatic nerve and the importance of elasticity in the hamstrings for runners really made sense. The alternative stretch you showed using a fist or a ball under the thigh was genius! I can't wait to try it out. Thanks for sharing such valuable information. Keep up the fantastic work!
Mihai! Thanks so much for dropping by and commenting. Good to see some familiar names 😁. I've been irregular lately...
Hi Stephane, thanks for sharing the risks of incorrect stretching. Interesting how many "professional" opinions there are on this subject. Your explanation makes sense, and I think I'll try the ball under the hamstring.
It's always good to dive deeper into a subject. This might not work for other activities, but for running, pretty sure we need those hammies! Unless there is a true pathology or dangerously short hamstrings... Should have specified that... Thanks for watching and please let me know if the ball thing works for you!
Some quick cossack squats help to hit my adductors and ankles right before!
Good stuff, thanks for sharing!
very timely. Massage ball + hard based seat seems to be more painful (and presumably more effective)
More painful is not necessarily more effective. Just trying to mechanically pin the muscle down while it lengthens. The pain is just the bonus 😁
This is an interesting and informative video even though I don't do hamstring stretches. This 'stretch hater' will try your recommend hamstring stretch instead 😆
Haha! Thanks for the comment. And the coffee 🤤! Yeah I wonder where this obsession with hamstrings static stretches came from. Maybe because they're easy to do...
Wow, I never knew that. The previous hamstring stretches are advocates. Thanks for the information. Does this stretch only apply to someone running 🏃♀️ can you do this to stretch the hamstring all the time?
@@cecestewart1097 These mobility exercises are with the runner in mind. If you are a yogi or a martial artist, you might need more specific stretches, but always bear in mind that the sciatic nerve is in there... You must be sure that you intentionally want to stretch it, before you engage those ankles into your hamstring static stretches.
Well there goes my professional taekwondo career.
Hahaha! Although it seems to me like if your adductors are flexible, you'll still do ok!