Exercise Ball and Hamstring Curls

[itself]

I've been doing these for about two months, I do three sets of 50 reps only twice a week. Gals, I can't believe the shape difference in my legs. My partner even commented on it! It's works the core muscles and the hamstrings, but I think it really shapes the quad too.

Give them a try. And doing them single-legged is a real burn. I do find that you really have to pump out the reps to get the burn. But learn the balance and form first.

Lisa

[OakLeaf]

Like a bridge to a supine plank? Or how do you do them? I don't think I could do one set of 50, yikes.

[Zen]

I did those in PT and beyond.
http://www.acefitness.org/exerciseli...hamstring-curl

[OakLeaf]

Ah. I still don't think I could do 50! but with the rest in between reps, I could do a lot more than I was thinking of, the way we do them, without.

[jobob]

I did those in PT and beyond.
http://www.acefitness.org/exerciseli...hamstring-curl

Wow, that's a good website! Thanks.

[artifactos]

This was a favored torture method of my personal trainer. Between sets of weight lifting, I had to do at least 20-25 of these (variations on targeted part of the legs/single leg/etc) and get back on the machine. Ugh. I love them as an at-home exercise.

[itself]

Yes, I do them in the plank position. The one legged ones are brutal! I wish the quad exercise on the ball was not in such an awkward position, they are impossible for me to do!

Lisa