Stop giving your hamstrings the shaft with these strength-building workouts.

For some reason, hamstrings tend to get the short end of the stick when talking about leg strength and developing leg size . Not surprisingly, people tend to always “think quads” when it comes to the true source of power and size for impressive wheels — until they turn around and notice their posterior chain is flatter than 6-month-old Pepsi.

The truth is, hamstrings are like the triceps of the legs. Their development is the key to true leg size , and their strength translates to plenty of other strong moves in the gym. It goes beyond just jumping on the hamstring curl machine and going to town. Here are the moves that deliver the most bang for their buck.

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