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Looking for a few ways to get more out of that classic hamstring movement, leg curls? You’ve come to the right place. Follow these tips and you’ll start to see those leg biceps growing like they never have before!
Select the weight
This is perhaps the toughest part of this movement. Go too heavy, and you’re only heaving the weight. Go too light, and you are wasting your time pumping. Select a weight that will allow you to complete 10 to 12 repetitions, then add ten pounds each break.
Watch your speed
Some bodybuilders will slam through a set of hamstring curls with very fast quickness. It might look good to use that much weight, and feel good to be done at the end of a quick set, but the truth is that you’re not going to look ...Posted in: Training | | Comments (0)
If you made a list of muscle groups and asked bodybuilders to rank them based upon their training intensity, what do you think their answers would reveal? Very likely, if they were completely honest, arms and chest would rank near the very top. Abdominals would be up there too, as everyone digs a sexy six pack. As the list descended, you’d see muscle groups like shoulders, quadriceps, lats, traps, forearms, and calves. Then, most likely at the absolute bottom of this list, you’d probably find hamstrings. Ah yes, hamstrings – the muscle group we rarely see and even more rarely train. Hamstrings aren’t a wildly popular muscle group, even among bodybuilders who are judged upon complete development. Bodybuilders tend to toss in a few sets of leg curls at the conclusion of their quadriceps training ...Posted in: Training | | Comments (0)





