Hamstring strains are one of the most preventable injuries in field sport, yet most athletes do almost nothing about them. We go into why the Nordic curl beats the deadlift and RDL for eccentric hamstring strength, how eccentrics change the collagen and titin structure of your muscle, and how to start adding them in without spending a week unable to walk.
Show notes
- This video from David Opar should provide a great summary of all things hamstrings:
- David Opar and the hamstring injury research group have done a heap of work on the Nordic and its effect on injury risk (this link will take you to a heap of their academic papers which you can read for free)
- Also the Nordbord website
- Fascicle length
- More on Titin (not Titan)
- And collagen content of muscles (a small study but Jacob seems to be onto something)