.lifetimehf.co.uk). After a run, turn your hamstrings stretch up to 11 by lying on your back and getting a partner to push your straight leg back towards your head for six seconds. Squeezing your quads – the opposing, or 'antagonist' muscle to your hamstrings – at the same
muscles get the most benefit from stretching for 15 minutes post-run. Hit your calves, quads, hamstrings and glutes (see our complete stretching guide). "You’re not limiting your workout – you’re enhancing it," says Holt. "Stretching will do your body more
