head, shoulders, knees... and no toes?
'Stop Touching Your Toes': How The Popular Warm-Up Does Not Help Hamstrings
That's right, your high school coach was actually lying to you this entire time.
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The bad news... touching your toes is not an effective hamstring mobility drill but rather a test of spinal flexion. Meaning you might have a flexible spine, but not necessarily flexible hamstrings.
To effectively stretch ones hamstrings, coaching expert Rishane says to use a neutral or slightly arched pelvic position... just not in a posterior pelvic tilt.
AKA touching your toes, which Rishane says can be a nice general stretch, just not one that will target your hamstrings.
*Via rishfits..
