This week's workout comes from Bev Francis of East Coast Mecca/Powerhouse Gym. She demonstrates a machine at the gym that works your hamstring muscles.

Hamstring rehabilitation exercises can aid recovery and help prevent future injuries. Rehabilitation protocols typically call for a combination of stretching and strengthening movements. While severe ...

"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 ...

The hamstring muscles are often overlooked, yet they play a pivotal role in exercise performance and mobility. Though you’ve probably seen fitness gurus sharing their intense hamstring workouts, you ...

If you’ve ever chanced a gym training session during peak hours you’ll know it’s pot luck whether you can get your hands on the equipment you’re intending to use or not. There will almost certainly be ...

The semitendinosus is one of the four muscles in the hamstring muscle group. The others are the semimembranosus and the biceps femoris. The semitendinosus is the longest of these muscles, and it runs ...

The dumbbell squat to press, also known as a thruster, is a compound exercise that starts in a front squat position and ends in an overhead press. This full body movement can be done using dumbbells, ...

What is a Smith machine? The Smith machine is a piece of fitness equipment commonly found in gyms that features a barbell fixed to a squat rack, limiting movement to one single plane. “Because the bar ...