Sentences with phrase «like hamstring curls»

You can work each leg muscle individually (with exercises like hamstring curls, leg extensions, inner and outer thigh machines, butt machines, and calf raises), but it will take you much more time and not be as beneficial as squats, or dead lifts, or lunges.

If you're like most ladies and want the strength and confidence, but without all the bulk, sticking to heavier weight (with good form) and lower reps (3 - 5 sets and between 3 - 5 reps for main lifts such as squats, deadlifts, bench press, and 3 - 4 sets of 6 - 10 reps for accessory work like hamstring curls, tricep pushdowns, and shoulder raises, etc.) would be the best route for you.

In our quest for lean and powerful legs, many of us do countless sets of machine - based exercises like hamstring curls and leg extensions.

Not exact matches

And if you don't want to deadlift, simply do Romanian Deadlifts just like Tuesday, and remove the hamstring curls.

So in addition to doing all the obvious booty builders like bridge lifts and squats, you also want to add in things like deadlifts, superman extensions, and hamstring curls.

Bicep and hamstring curls are great — but multi-step exercises like deadlifts, squats, dumbbell presses (instead of barbell) will target more muscles and introduces a greater range of motion.

It's even possible to do isolation exercises like leg extensions and hamstring curls!

You can also work your hamstring muscles with exercises like stiff - legged dead lift (hip hinges) or leg curl machines.

Sawing is most common in movements like the supine hamstring curl or mountain climbers.

If you find you STILL can't get it, another trick I like to use is to do a set of stiff - legged deadlifts right before squatting... not heavy, but just enough to «wake up» the hamstrings and get them activated so they're easier to feel in this squat movement (you could potentially even do a light set of leg curls if you also can't feel your hams during Stiff - Legged Deadlifts, too).

Hamstring curls done on a stability ball lift and tighten your booty like no other exercise!

This may imply that exercises involving peak contractions when the knee is bent (like leg curls) are more effective at developing the hamstrings.