Hamstrings Exercises

86 exercises that target the hamstrings. Filter by equipment, then open any exercise for step-by-step instructions and a muscle map.

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90/90 Hamstring

Body onlyBeginner

Alternating Hang Clean

KettlebellIntermediate

Ball Leg Curl

Exercise ballBeginner

Band Good Morning

BandBeginner

Band Good Morning (Pull Through)

BandBeginner

Barbell Lunges

Barbell

Box Jump (Multiple Response)

OtherBeginner

Box Skip

OtherBeginner

Chair Leg Extended Stretch

OtherBeginner

Clean

BarbellIntermediate

Clean Deadlift

BarbellBeginner

Double Kettlebell Alternating Hang Clean

KettlebellIntermediate

Dumbbell Clean

DumbbellIntermediate

Dumbbell Lunges

DumbbellBeginner

Floor Glute-Ham Raise

OtherIntermediate

Flutter Kicks

BenchBody onlyBeginner

Front Box Jump

OtherBeginner

Front Leg Raises

Body onlyBeginner

Glute Ham Raise

MachineIntermediate

Good Morning

BarbellIntermediate

Good Morning off Pins

BarbellIntermediate

Hamstring Stretch

OtherBeginner

Hamstring-SMR

Foam rollBeginner

Hang Snatch

BarbellExpert

Hang Snatch - Below Knees

BarbellExpert

Hanging Bar Good Morning

BarbellIntermediate

Hurdle Hops

OtherBeginner

Inchworm

Body onlyBeginner

Intermediate Groin Stretch

OtherIntermediate

Jefferson Squats with Barbell

Barbell

Kettlebell Dead Clean

KettlebellIntermediate

Kettlebell Hang Clean

KettlebellIntermediate

Kettlebell One-Legged Deadlift

KettlebellIntermediate

Knee Tuck Jump

Body onlyBeginner

Leg-Up Hamstring Stretch

OtherBeginner

Linear 3-Part Start Technique

OtherBeginner

Linear Acceleration Wall Drill

OtherBeginner

Lunge Pass Through

KettlebellIntermediate

Lying Hamstring

OtherExpert

Lying Leg Curl Machine

Machine

Lying Leg Curls

MachineBeginner

Moving Claw Series

OtherBeginner

Muscle Snatch

BarbellIntermediate

Natural Glute Ham Raise

Body onlyIntermediate

One-Arm Kettlebell Clean

KettlebellIntermediate

One-Arm Open Palm Kettlebell Clean

KettlebellIntermediate

Open Palm Kettlebell Clean

KettlebellExpert

Platform Hamstring Slides

OtherBeginner

Power Clean

BarbellIntermediate

Power Clean from Blocks

BarbellIntermediate

Power Snatch

BarbellExpert

Power Stairs

OtherIntermediate

Prone Manual Hamstring

OtherBeginner

Prowler Sprint

OtherBeginner

Reverse Band Sumo Deadlift

BarbellExpert

Reverse Hyperextension

MachineIntermediate

Romanian Dead Lift

Barbell

Romanian Deadlift

BarbellIntermediate

Romanian Deadlift from Deficit

BarbellIntermediate

Runner's Stretch

OtherBeginner

Hamstrings Exercises — FAQ

What are the best hamstrings exercises?

It depends on your available equipment and experience. This page lists all 86 hamstrings exercises in the database — the biggest group needs no specific equipment at all. Open any exercise for step-by-step instructions.

How do I train hamstrings without equipment?

6 of these hamstrings exercises need no equipment at all. Use the equipment filter above and pick "Body only".

Which other muscles do hamstrings exercises work?

Most compound movements recruit secondary muscles alongside the hamstrings. Every exercise page shows a muscle map with the primary muscle in terracotta and secondary muscles in a lighter tint.