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Strength exercises Β· Lower body

Seated leg curl

Difficulty Isolation movements

How to perform it

Seated machine, isolated knee flexion against resistance. Targets the hamstrings purely, without hip involvement. Differs from the leg extension by the opposite direction of movement – you bend the knee instead of straightening it.

Equipment

  • Leg curl machineMachine

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Biceps femoris
  • Semitendinosus

Artwork: Ryan Graves, CC BY 4.0, modified

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Leg curls

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