Lever Standing Leg Curl

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Lever Standing Leg Curl

Instructions

Preparation

Stand in machine with one or both legs against pads dependent upon design. Position exercising leg with lower leg against lever pad and knee just below thigh pad. Bend over at hip and grasp handles for support if available. Stand with bodyweight shifted on foot of resting leg and raise foot of exercising leg just off of floor or platform.

Execution

Pull lever up to back of thigh by flexing knee. Return lever until knee is straight. Repeat. Continue with opposite leg.

Comments

Some apparatuses allow for a bent over posture potentially further decreasing active insufficiency of three of four heads of hamstring at completion of knee flexion. If hips are not significantly bent, Rectus Femoris becomes antagonist stabilizers. Dorsal flexion of ankle reduces active insufficiency of Gastrocnemius allowing it to assist in knee flexion.

Classification

 Utility: Basic or Auxiliary
 Mechanics: Isolated
 Force: Pull

Muscles

Target

Synergists

Stabilizers

Antagonist Stabilizers (See Comment)

 

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