Floor Hamstring Curls With Towel

This movement must be done on a low friction surface like a hardwood floor.

Floor hamstring curls with towel.

Repeat 15 20 repetitions then switch sides. Lying swiss ball hamstring curls start lying on your back with the legs out straight resting your feet on the top of a swiss ball about six inches apart. Sit on mat or floor with knees bent. Supplement video for mwr focus magazine.

When bending your knees your hamstrings will engage to roll the ball toward your body. Lie on the floor. Performing towel hamstring curl. This movement is a lot like the slider leg curls we looked at above.

The hamstring curl with a ball uses a stability ball to lift your hips and legs off the floor. Position towel under middle of foot with hands grasping towel on both ends. I ve done tons of hard hamstring exercises but single leg body curls may very well be the toughest of the lot even when just using bodyweight. The only difference is that you use a towel on a low friction floor.

Lift the hips up into bridge. To do a hamstring curl on the floor lie on your stomach with your hands in front of you slightly wider than your shoulders. Switching up the hamstring curls above place a towel under only your right foot and keep your left foot flat on the floor in a bridge position. It will target your hamstrings and it will also work your core and your glutes.

When doing this you should be keeping your knees on the floor. To do this. Keep your back. For hamstring towel slides perform as above swapping out the slider for a towel.

As with the slider leg curl it works your hamstrings glutes and core. From this position lift one or both feet off the floor by bending your knees. This exercise is also called the slick floor bridge curl and bodyweight hamstring curl since your bodyweight serves as the resistance for this movement. Use the right leg to slide the foot out straight then pull it back in.