Sentences with phrase «leg curl produced»
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.
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Doing a single set of squats will produce more growth that 4 - 5 sets of leg curls.
The hams are large muscles mostly comprised of fast - twitch fibers, which means that they can produce lots of force and training them once a week with a couple of sluggish sets of leg curls would be disrespectful to their power.
This is the same finding as for resistance training exercises, where isolated knee flexion exercises (such as leg curls) produced the best results with the greatest regularity.
Additionally, isolation exercises such as the glute - ham raise and prone leg curl appear to be effective (and in some cases) superior exercises for producing high levels of erector spinae muscle activity compared with some other isolation and compound exercises.
Oliver and Dougherty (2009b) compared the hamstrings EMG amplitude produced by the Razor curl and the leg curl.
The plank with arm reach, side plank with arm reach, and the birddog with elastic resistance produced greater external oblique muscle activity compared to the curl up with bent legs.
They found that the Razor curl produced similar levels of hamstring EMG amplitude to the leg curl.
Comparing hamstring strain injury prevention and rehabilitation exercises, Orishimo & McHugh (2015) found that the supine sliding leg curl (Slider) produced greater gluteus maximus EMG amplitude during the eccentric phase than the standing elastic - band resisted hip extension, the standing trunk flexion (Glider) or the standing split (Diver).