What is the optimal ratio then
between leg curls and hip extensor moves?
Although very few studies have explored muscles using functional MRI, one study has investigated the differences
between the leg curl and lunge within the adductor magnus, and between regions within the adductor magnus (Mendiguchia et al. 2013).
Not exact matches
Low shot, no
curl, not even that powerful, didn't come
between the
legs of a defender, one man in mask..
Try lying
curled up on your side with a pillow
between your
legs and a cushion under your bump to see if it feels more comfortable.
Or
curl it underneath your head and
between your
legs.
Immediately, each venom - dabbed crazy would retreat and
curl up its abdomen
between its
legs.
Alternate
between seated and lying
leg curls on each workout to achieve best results.
The hamstring
curl is a crucial exercise for ensuring complete balance
between the front and the back of the
leg, which results with improved aesthetics and a lesser risk of injuries rooted in unbalanced muscle development.
Lengthen your tailbone towards your heels and then slightly
curl it up
between your
legs towards your pubic bone.
Curl up, squeezing the Pilates Magic Circle
between your
legs (c).
Sample Exercise Setup: Chest — 3 exercises, 1 incline, 1 flat and 1 decline Back — 4 exercises, 1 wide chin up or latt pull, 1 row, 1 pulley or machine row, Deads or pullovers (alternate
between these two) Delts — 3 exercises, overhead press, side laterals, bent laterals Triceps — 3 exercises, overhead tricep extension with bar or dumbbell, cable pressdown, machine dip Biceps — 3 exercises, preacher
curl, barbell or dumbbell
curl, cable
curl Quads — 3 exercises, press of some kind, extension, hack or press or squat of some kind Hams — 1 exercise,
leg curl Calves — 3 exercises, standing calf raise, bent lower back calf raise (like donkey calf raises where your upper body and lower body are in an «L» shape), seated calf raises Abs - 3 exercises, weighted machine crunch, hanging
leg lifts, cable reverse crunches Traps — 1 exercise, shrugs
The big difference
between the seated
leg curl and the prone
leg curl is the position of the hips.
Legs: Squats, Stiff -
Legged Barbell Deadlift Chest: Barbell Press (rotate
between different bench angles), B / B Bench - press (Medium Grip) Back: Barbell Rows, Pull - ups, Bent - over B / B Rows Shoulders: Military Press, Upright Barbell Rows Triceps: Close - Grip Bench - press, Bench Dips Biceps: Barbell
Curls Calves: Standing Calf Raises, Seated Calf Raises Standing Calf Raises 4.
day 1 ARMS - standing
curl - 15,12,10,8,8 - incline hammer
curl - 12,10,10,8 - concentration
curl - 12,10,10,8 - bench press - 15,12,10,6 - reverse wrist
curl - 15,12,10,8 - wrist
curl - 20,15,12,10,8 - laydown tricep ext - 15,12,10,8 - tricep kickback - 15,12,10,8 Day 2
legs - dumbell lunges - 16,12,10,10,8 - calf ext - 25,20,20,20 - sitting calf ext - 20,20,20 - mule calf ext - 20,20,20 - squats - 15,12,10,10 - hamstring
curl - 15,12,10,8,8 -
leg ext - 15,12,10,8,8 Day 3 Shoulders and back - side arm lift - 15,12,10,8,8 - single arm dumbbell pull - 15,12,10,8,8 - front barbell press - 12,8,6,6 - straight
leg dead lift - 15,12,10,8,8,8 - dumbbell shoulder press - 12,10,8 - drop set - 8,10,12 - overhead laydown barbell pull - 12,8,8,8 - front dumbbell lift - 15,12,10,8,8 - laydown reverse butterfly - 12,10,10,10 -25 #plate front lift with barbell shrugs superset - 12/15, 12 / 12,12 / 10,12 / 8,12 / 8 I space these out over 7 days and do various exercises in
between, generally pushups, crunches, other calisthenics, and walking / jogging.
Between sets I work my hamstrings: standing
leg curls and stiff -
legged deadlifts as well as half - range - of - motion
leg presses, really squeezing at the top.
Additionally, Konrad et al. (2001) found no difference in rectus abdominis muscle activity
between the
curl up with the hips and knees at 90 degrees of flexion, feet resting on a bench, and the bent
leg unanchored sit up.
Comparing isometric, isolated core exercises, Lehman et al. (2001) found that rectus abdominis muscle activity was no different
between the isometric bent
leg curl - up, bent
leg sit ups, supine
leg raises 25 cm from bench, and
legs - strapped supine
leg raises and shoulders - strapped
curl - ups.
For example, multijoint exercises (bench press,
leg press) are often performed before single - joint exercises (bicep
curl,
leg extension), muscle groups worked are spread out to allow recovery
between sets, and exercises that stress the core postural muscles are reserved for the end of the workout.
Comparing the stiff -
legged deadlift with the
leg curl and back squat, Wright et al. (1999) found that there was little difference
between the stiff -
legged deadlift and the
leg curl but both the stiff -
legged deadlift and
leg curl produced greater hamstrings muscle activity than the back squat.
The white belly followed, tapering, and then, trailing behind, the fan of its tail and long parallel
legs of crimson lacquer, the toes of each of them closed and streamlined, but the whole shape flattening, when the band of sunlight was crossed, into a two - dimensional shadow once more, enormously displayed across the rectangle of cloth, as distinct and nearly as immobile, so languid was its flight, as an emblematic bird on a sail; then sliding across it and along the nearly still corridor of air
between the invisible eaves and the chimneys, dipping along the
curl of the lane like a sigh of wonder, and, at last, a furlong away slowly pivoting, at a gradual tilt, out of sight.
On my three dog night, with the blind one
curled up
between my
legs, her head resting on my feet; the big one on floor by the couch, reaching for me now and then with his paw; and the little Boston terrier resting, finally, on my belly, I realized I was feeling 9.9 times more peaceful and harmonious than usual.
He'll stick his tail
between his
legs or drag it on the ground, flatten his ears back towards his skull and hang his head low as he
curls up on your feet.
He may drop to the ground, lower his head, or
curl his tail
between his
legs.
A tail
curled between the dog's two hind
legs is another frequent aggressive dog signal.