You can do a hamstring curl with or without gym equipment. Some variations involve standing, sitting on a chair, or lying face-down on the floor. These muscles function together to bend your knee and ...

So far, we've reviewed squats, lunges, chest press and lat pulldown. Today we'll examine some of the more common muscle conditioning exercises and highlight proper technique and the most common errors ...

Medically reviewed by Oluseun Olufade, MD Hamstring curls and Romanian deadlifts both strengthen the hamstrings, but they ...

WHILE IT MAY SEEM counterintuitive, one way to build strength, endurance and healthy muscles is to not move. Isometric exercises, compared with traditional exercises that involve moving your body or ...

You don’t need weights to get a challenging leg workout. The prone hamstring curl, demonstrated here by celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak and featured on his “Harley’s Hollywood Workout” video game, ...

Dear Running Doc: I run 35 miles a week and run three marathons and six half marathons a year. My running coach said recently: “No runner should ever do seated hamstring curls at the gym; these only ...

Background The medial hamstring muscle has the potential to prevent excessive dynamic valgus and external rotation of the knee joint during sports. Thus, specific training targeting the medial ...