Seated Leg Curl
- Beginner
- Gym
The seated leg curl has you sit with a pad locked behind your ankles and your thighs secured, curling your heels down and under against the machine's resistance. It isolates the hamstrings through that knee flexion. Beginners use it in the gym for weight and reps, as a main lift or a finisher.
- Muscles
- Hamstrings
- Equipment
- Machine
- Logged as
- Weight and reps
How to
- Sit with the pad on the back of your ankles, thighs secured.
- Grip the handles and sit tall.
- Curl your heels down and under toward your glutes.
- Return slowly until your legs are straight.
Form cues
- Squeeze your hamstrings firmly at the top of the curl.
- Keep your hips pressed flat against the seat.
- Exhale as you curl your heels under.
Common mistakes
- Hips lift off the seat during the curl. Keep your hips pinned flat throughout the curl.
- The weight drops fast on the way back. Lower the weight slowly back to the start.
- Toes point down and the ankles relax. Flex your toes toward your shins throughout.
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