How do you perform this exercise?
- Adjust the machine to fit your body and select the desired weight.
- Kneel on the machine facing downwards, with your knees resting on the pad and your feet secured under the footpads.
- Grasp the handles or the sides of the machine for stability.
- Keeping your upper body stationary, exhale and curl your legs up towards your glutes by flexing your knees.
- Pause for a moment at the top of the movement, squeezing your hamstrings.
- Inhale and slowly lower your legs back to the starting position, fully extending your knees.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Glutes.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
