Hamstring Curl
The Hamstring Curl is a lower body exercise that you can do just about anywhere and it requires zero equipment.
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Step-by-step instructions
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Get down onto your hands and knees, forming a tabletop with your back. Your hands should be about shoulder-width apart.
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Maintaining a 90-degree angle with your knee, lift your leg back behind you until your thigh is parallel to the floor.
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Keeping your thigh parallel to the floor, bend your knee and lift your foot above your leg.
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Straighten out your leg, keeping your thigh parallel to the floor.
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Repeat this movement for approximately 30–50 repetitions depending on your fitness level.
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Switch legs and do the same amount of repetitions on the opposite leg.
Notes
This exercise works your lower body, especially the back of your thighs — AKA hamstrings.
More than likely you will start feeling pressure in your stationary leg. Typically that is due to shifting your body weight from 4 contact points to 3. If you concentrate on keeping your stationary leg perpendicular, this will help to lessen that pressure.
Try to keep the leg that is in contact with the floor as straight up and down as possible — it should be perpendicular with the floor.
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