Exercise Directory: Hamstring Curl

The Hamstring Curl is a lower body exercise that you can do just about anywhere ... and it requires zero equipment.

STEP #1: Get down onto your hands and knees ... forming a tabletop with your back. Your hands should be about shoulder-width apart.

STEP #2: Next ... maintaining a 90-degre angle with your knee, lift you leg back behind you until your thigh is parallel to the floor.

STEP #3: Keeping your thigh parallel to the floor, bend your knee ... and lift your foot above your leg.

STEP #4: Straighten out your leg ... keeping your thigh parallel to the floor

STEP #5: Repeat this movement for approximately 30-50 repetitions ... depending on your fitness level.

STEP #6: Switch legs and do the same amount of repetitions on the opposite leg.
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NOTE: This exercise works your lower body ... especially the back of your thighs [AKA: hamstrings]
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NOTE: 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 contact points. If you concentrate on keeping your leg [holding your body up] perpendicular, this will help to lessen that pressure.

Side View:

​NOTE: 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.