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90/90 Hamstring

The 90/90 Hamstring is an active bodyweight stretch performed while lying on your back. One hip and knee stay bent at about 90 degrees while you straighten and bend the lower...

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Strength Kettlebells

Alternating Hang Clean

The Alternating Hang Clean is a kettlebell exercise that moves one bell from a hanging position to the shoulder while the other remains down. Each clean is powered mainly by t...

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Strength Exercise Ball

Ball Leg Curl

The Ball Leg Curl is a bodyweight hamstring exercise performed with the heels or ankles on an exercise ball. You raise the hips, bend the knees to roll the ball toward you, an...

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Powerlifting Bands

Band Good Morning

The Band Good Morning is a hip-hinge exercise performed by standing on a looped resistance band with the opposite side positioned behind the upper back or neck area. As you st...

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Plyometrics Other

Box Skip

The Box Skip is a traveling plyometric drill performed across a series of spaced boxes. One leg drives the body upward, the foot contacts the box, and the opposite knee contri...

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Strength Cable

Cable Hamstring Curl

The Cable Hamstring Curl is a standing single-leg exercise performed with an ankle cuff attached to a low pulley. The hamstrings bend the knee and draw the heel toward the glu...

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Stretching Other

Chair Leg Extended Stretch

The Chair Leg Extended Stretch is a seated mobility movement for the hamstrings and inner thighs. One leg straightens in front of the body and then moves outward before return...

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Olympic Weightlifting Barbell

Clean

The Clean is an Olympic weightlifting movement that brings a barbell from the floor to the front-rack position. The legs and hips accelerate the bar before the lifter pulls un...

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