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Also known as: Machine leg curl, Seated hamstring curl, Leg curl machine, Leg curl.
Logging: Total weight used.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Hamstrings

Secondary

  • Legs
  • Hip adductors
  • Pelvis
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (short)
  • Biceps femoris (long)

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Equipment

Seated leg curl machine
Seated leg curl machine

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Appears in

Joint movements
Kneeflexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

e1by

Single-leg seated leg curl

Beginner

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Variations

e1by

Single-leg seated leg curl

Beginner
e116

Harop curl

Intermediate
e0ee

Nordic curl

Advanced
e0pj

Hip thrust

Novice
e12c

Banded hamstring curl lying

Beginner
e12d

Banded hamstring curl standing

Novice
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