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[quote=Anonymous]I can't go to a gym or trainer so please don't make that suggestion.

I am doing a fitness program mostly at home with some walking in my neighborhood in addition to walking in my very large garden. Also doing stairs at home, weight training, ballet/yoga poses to build muscle. I suffered an illness for several years which resulted in advanced sarcopenia for my age, so I am in the process now that the illness is resolved of basically rebuilding my muscle mass after years where I had to be sedentary because activity resulted in multiple fractures and other injuries.

Anyway, short version I'm finding I'm very tight in places, especially the hamstrings and where it meets the lower back. I used to be a touch toes with no trouble, very flexible person so this is new and I'm not sure how to fix it. Online I've heard that stretching isn't always the answer, that the muscles can be tight from being overstretched (and I have been stretching) and that the focus should be on building the glutes and quads to build strength around the hamstrings.

Anyone who has also suffered this issue and exercises or methods that worked best to resolve it? The tightness is hampering my fitness regime and I don't want to give up because of it, really need to fix it.[/quote]

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