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Hamstring Exercises For Bigger And Stronger Legs! 


Welcome to the ultimate list of the best hamstring exercises on the planet! I’m so glad you are here because hamstrings are arguably the most underrated and under trained muscle group in the human body!

When you perform a lot more quad exercises vs. hamstring exercises - your legs become disproportionate and muscle imbalances can lead to injury. Because helping your legs look awesome and contributing to bigger glutes - hamstring training is really important for increasing your strength and athleticism.

You have a lot of fast twitch muscle fibers in your hamstrings, and they are extremely important for things like squatting heavy weight, increasing your speed, and even increasing your vertical jump.

Regardless of why you are here, you will find the best hamstring exercises you can do at home, with no equipment and with dumbbells, barbells and cables on this page.

The best way to use this list of the best hamstring exercises is take each for a test drive and find the hamstring exercises that match your fitness level and what equipment you have access too.

From there it should be easy to add in a few of your go-to’s into your leg workouts. If you need ideas for full leg workouts, butt workouts, or quad workouts make sure to check out our workouts section next as well!

Let’s dive into the list, and make sure to pay close attention to the form on the video demonstrations so you work your hamstrings, and not your lower back as you perform these lifts.

alternating superman exercise

Alternating Superman

Troy barbell deadlift

Barbell Deadlift

Troy performing a barbell squat exercise at the gym

Barbell Squat

Box Squats

Box Squats

Butt Exercises

Butt Exercises For Great Glutes!

Cable Glute Kickbacks

Cable Glute Kickbacks

Glute Ham Bridge

Glute Ham Bridge

Iso Glute Ham Raise

Iso Glute Ham Raise

Leg Press

Leg Press

Prone Hamstring Curl

Prone Hamstring Curl

Rack Pulls

Rack Pulls

Single Leg Deadlift

Single Leg Deadlift