Knee Dominant Hamstring strength other than Nordics

Written By josh zoppo

Knee Dominant hamstring strengthening other than Nordics

One feature of the hamstring muscle group is that they act on both the hip and knee joints. Hamstring strengthening exercises often bias hip or knee dominant phases of movement and for this reason will bias certain muscles in the process. A good program should target all muscles. (attached inforgraphic from ylmsportscience shows this)

The Nordic Hamstring curl is what most people think about when they discuss knee dominant hamstring exercises. (It will be discussed in a future post)

Rightfully so, it is a very good bang for your buck exercise but in some circumstances (PCL injury, osgood-schlatters, skill discrepancies, difficulty restraints) other alternatives may be used as regressions or alternate exercises.

These are particularly important in the deceleration phase and play a large role in the catch after a kicking motion.

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  • Hamstring Slider - Eccentric Only

  • Single leg sliders - Eccentric Only

  • Double leg slider

  • Hamstring Roller

  • Hamstring Roller Band Resisted Eccentric only

  • Hamstring Roller Resisted

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