Exercise guide
Lever Lying Leg Curl
Hamstrings · Leverage Machine
Form cues
- Lie face down, heels under pad
- Curl legs toward glutes
- Keep hips on pad
How to do Lever Lying Leg Curl, step by step
- 1Adjust the machine to fit your body and select the desired weight.
- 2Lie face down on the machine with your legs straight and your heels against the padded lever.
- 3Grasp the handles or the sides of the machine for stability.
- 4Keeping your upper body stationary, exhale and curl your legs up as far as possible without lifting your hips off the pad.
- 5Hold the contracted position for a brief pause as you squeeze your hamstrings.
- 6Inhale and slowly lower the lever back to the starting position.
- 7Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Muscles worked
- Main muscle
- Hamstrings
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
Sets and reps
How the free programs use it:
- PPL + Upper / LowerLegs · 3 × 10–12
- Upper / LowerLower A · 3 × 10–12
- Lower Body / Glute FocusGlutes & Hamstrings · 3 × 10–12
- PPL / Arnold HybridLegs B · 3 × 10–12
- 2-Day Full BodyFull Body B · 3 × 10–12
- Arnold SplitLegs · 3 × 10–12
- Push / Pull / LegsLegs · 3 × 10–12
- Power + Size Upper / LowerLower Power · 3 × 8–10
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