Quad Hamstring Imbalance

[JayPull85]

If your Quads are stronger than your Hamstrings it puts you at a higher risk for an ACL injury. Your Quads put pressure on your ACL and your Hamstrings take pressure off it.

Is there any way to test if I have this imbalance?


To fix it should I
1.Stop working out quads and just do hamstrings.
2.Reduce Quad workout and focus more on hamstring.
3.Keep strengthening both at the same rate.

[Randeep.Singh]

i dont know too much on this subject....but i would guess continuing to strenghten both but with an emphasis on your hamstrings seems pretty rational.

[WilsonFisk]

personally I would go with option 3.

Sure you are right about SERIOUS muscle imbalances..but it takes a long time to get to the point of injury from imbalance. Its like saying...

Eating puts you at more risk of choking...so you should stop eating in order to prevent choking.

[Marcus8880]

id do 2. whats acl?

[Anticrombie315]

If your Quads are stronger than your Hamstrings it puts you at a higher risk for an ACL injury. Your Quads put pressure on your ACL and your Hamstrings take pressure off it.

Is there any way to test if I have this imbalance?


To fix it should I
1.Stop working out quads and just do hamstrings.
2.Reduce Quad workout and focus more on hamstring.
3.Keep strengthening both at the same rate.

Walking probably puts you at a higher risk for an ACL injury too. Or standing. Or jumping.

See what I'm saying? If you are being smart about lifting, you shouldn't have a problem. Anything you do puts you at a risk of something, but thinking lessens that risk significantly in most cases.