Hamstrings (knee bend)GymMachine
Lying Leg Curl
Works your hamstrings with help from calves.
Get your starting weight
A few questions, about a minute. No account needed.
How to do it
- 1Lie face down on the machine with the pad just above your heels and knees just off the bench.
- 2Hold the handles and press your hips into the pad.
- 3Curl your heels toward your glutes as far as you can.
- 4Lower slowly to almost straight legs.
Muscles worked
HamstringsCalves
Get it right
- Hips stay down
- Squeeze at the top
- Slow lowering
Avoid this
- Hips lifting off the pad
- Swinging the weight up
- Stopping short