Seated Leg Curl
How to do it
- Sit in the machine and set the pad above your ankles, the thigh pad snug across your legs.
- Set the backrest so your knees line up with the machine's pivot.
- Curl your heels down and under, as far as the machine allows.
- Squeeze hard at the bottom, then return slowly to a full stretch.
- Do not let your hips lift off the seat to get more range - that is your lower back joining in.
Muscles it trains
Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.
- Hamstrings 95%
- Calves 15%
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