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Originally Posted by magidah
So the right hamstring pulls knee back on the 1 & and; the left hamstring pulls knee back on e & a. (there are two complete pulls back right and left for each downbeat in the music).
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I questioned the technical validity of a similar description by someone else on bhuz a while back, and never really got an answer to my question.
It is my understanding that in terms of generating movement, the hamstring curls the leg and the quads extend it. Also, that the hamstring works as an antagonist to stop, slow, or control the action of the quad.
So when you are shimmying, your hamstrings are working hard not in "pulling the knee" or "straightening the leg", but in decelerating, stopping, and reversing those motions.
Yes? No?
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