Instructions
Preparation
- Facing bench, stand between bench and lever pads. Lie prone on bench with knees just beyond edge of bench and lower legs under lever pads. Grasp handles.
Execution
- Raise lever pad to back of thighs by flexing one knee. Lower lever pads until knee is straight and repeat with opposite leg. Continue to alternate between sides.
Comments
- Keep torso on bench to reduce hyperextension of the lower back. Most machines are angled at the users hip to position the hamstring in a more favorable mechanical position. If angle is at a much greater angle than the one illustrated, the Rectus Femoris will less lilkely be involved as an Antagonist Stabilizer. See Knee flexion abduction force vector diagram.
Classification
| Utility: | Basic or Auxiliary |
| Mechanics: | Isolated |
| Force: | Pull |