0:13 Intro 0:31 Mistake #1 - Not enough ROM 1:55 Mistake #2 - Too much ROM 3:28 Mistake #3 - Uncontrolled Eccentric 3:40 Mistake #4 - Body English 5:21 Mistake #5 - Foot pad too low/high 7:10 Mistake #6 - Foot position and toe angle 8:32 Mistake #7 - Pausing or not 9:34 Mistake #8 - Going too heavy/light 10:56 Mistake #9 - Intensity Techniques 11:49 Outro
@MiloWolf Given that the Lying Leg Curl does not involve lengthening the hamstrings to where stretch under load is possible, why include this exercise for hamstring growth when there's the option of an exercise like the Seated Leg Curl that does involve lengthening the hamstrings to where stretch under load is possible?
Keep in mind, the Five stars are based on my needs for this item th-cam.com/users/postUgkxUHHotQRjIQnfuxEeVotlkHVYWH0DXZoS When I first bought the bike I was going to return it immediately. After trying it out for several days/weeks I came to realize it is actually perfect for WHY I bought it.This is not a workout, the resistance is, eh, it makes a bit of noise, not loud, and it isn’t very stable even with the mat. The mat certainly keeps the bike from sliding but nothing keeps the mat from sliding (if that makes any sense, lol). Mine is place on my hard wood floor. Maybe it would be better with a rug underneath??I sit for long hours for work and wanted something to keep my legs moving. This bike does exactly that! For the price it is amazing, it is compact, easy to use, light weight, keeps track of time, calories etc (not sure how accurate it is) but good little product. I am happy with it.
It’s funny because at my first show, when I asked for feedback from the judges, they told me “bro you really aren’t doing your hamstring curls with the peak contraction, and it shows”
question... even with no weight on the machine I can only touch my butt with the pad by using a lot of momentum and sort of throwing the pad forward. Am I in the machine wrong?
Love this series. I’m gonna be THAT GUY who asks a question about foot position. But not foot rotation. Rather dorsi vs plantar flexion. In your opinion, does it matter if you activate your soleus by dorsiflexing your foot? I’ve notice that I can curl significantly more weight if I dorsiflex my foot. I’m not sure why. But I think it’s because the soleus crosses knee joint and gets recruited in the movement. But the plantar flexion keeps all the focus on my hamstrings. Any thoughts in this?
I dorsiflex during concentric, and plantarflex during the slower eccentric. Feel it more in my hammies and I heard it replicates sprinting more, but I've done it like that for years now. Not sure if better or worse but I feel it more in my hammies. Also makes you pause at the top of each rep to point the foot down before the eccentric portion
This is what I was looking for actually, tried plantar flexion for the first time, and oh boy, I couldn't put half the reps I'm used to, and felt my calves were hindering me
The gatrocnemius crosses the knee joint not the soleus. The calves act to flex the knee in the first 15 degrees and by plantarflexing you disadvantage the calf and thus it wont contribiute well to the movement and this not what we want since it also stabilizes the subsequent range of motion.
I learned my lesson when doing lying leg curls. Go a little lighter. I was a little too heavy and straight hurt my rib. Tried doing my chest exercises today. Can’t with the injury on my rib. Personally don’t no how a rib injury happened, but most like when I was curling, I moved around my torso and hurt my rib. So I’m doing arms instead and I guess chest will have to wait a week or two.
Excellent video! Thank you so much! I am struggling a lot with this exercise. Any recommendations on an alternative one to buid in the strength for this one?
I've been including lying leg curl (higher reps) and nordic ham curl (lower reps) in my three day leg routine for isolation exercises. Sucks that the gym I go to dont have seated or standing leg curls. Fyi I don't like the cable or band version of those two exercises.
One thing this video fails to touch on, and what I was looking for and surprised not to find, is how to keep the toes pointed during the exercise. It makes a big difference if I lift my foot upwards, or backwards during the lift. I think this is called dorsiflexion and plantar flexion.
Hmmm. Is extending your back in this exercise problematic? Understandably the hamstrings originate at the bottom of the pelvis which causes anterior rotation in knee flexion. I have tried bracing and flexing the glutes during the exercise to stop this happening, but still happens and causes me discomfort
when i do these i get a stabbing knee pain on my right knee on the medial side. when i do seated ham curls i can lift way heavier and my knees are fine, so im gonna stick with seated still. not sure what im doing wrong with the lying ones but it might be bc the pad is too low
Aw man. I’ve been doing the single curls where you’re upright.. I’d grab the top arm rest and as I’m curling, my body just moves. I try to not move my body to get momentum, but I just tend to move my body forward slightly. Idk if that makes sense
Everytime I do these i get a click/pop on the back of my knee, towards the inside, it's like a tendon snapping into place. Had it for years, never had an issue, but I wonder sometimes... Should I worry? Couldn't find any info on it 🤔
I have a bizarre problem with this machine. My feet do not want to be straight one is doing it's own thing the other is perfectly fine, one leg moves nice the other just feels off, it feels as if my pelvis is tilting, it genuinely makes me feel like I'm going to roll off the machine. Someone said I seem to be off at an angle and he moved my legs so they were straight and it felt completely alien. I have no idea how to correct this imbalance.
Cool but unfortunately I still can’t feel my hamstrings at all I tried all these different things and still only feel it in my calves and my calves burn out before the hamstrings
Given that the Lying Leg Curl does not involve lengthening the hamstrings to where stretch under load is possible, why include this exercise for hamstring growth when there's the option of an exercise like the Seated Leg Curl that does involve lengthening the hamstrings to where stretch under load is possible?
Because the seated curls do not allow for maximum contraction. You can squeeze as hard as you want but with your knees out in front of you, your Hams don't reach their most tightly contracted state. Working the Hams stretched is great but they have more range of motion than you can do in either seated or lying leg Curl. Don't misunderstand me, I prefer the seated leg Curl by far because going to a maximum contraction seems to put me at risk for a hell of a hamstring cramp.
Hey Dr. Mike, You're GREAT,.......but Eeeeeecentric isn't a word anywhere in the English language. The word is eC-Centric. It's only the lifting community that mispronounces it....and oh lordy, is it pervasive! You're better than that! We won't think you're eccentric for pronouncing it correctly, I promise! lol
0:13 Intro
0:31 Mistake #1 - Not enough ROM
1:55 Mistake #2 - Too much ROM
3:28 Mistake #3 - Uncontrolled Eccentric
3:40 Mistake #4 - Body English
5:21 Mistake #5 - Foot pad too low/high
7:10 Mistake #6 - Foot position and toe angle
8:32 Mistake #7 - Pausing or not
9:34 Mistake #8 - Going too heavy/light
10:56 Mistake #9 - Intensity Techniques
11:49 Outro
Hey Milo, Do you have any ideas for alternatives on the Leg Curl? My gym doesn't have the machine.
@MiloWolf
Given that the Lying Leg Curl does not involve lengthening the hamstrings to where stretch under load is possible, why include this exercise for hamstring growth when there's the option of an exercise like the Seated Leg Curl that does involve lengthening the hamstrings to where stretch under load is possible?
@@brookmachatte maybe Romanian deadlift?
Body English cracks me up
🐐🐐🐐
I love how most of these errors are the same in every exercise
That what you get when you pay attention to the fundamentals! 🤯
lmao seriously but its good refresher
Bruh this series is amazing. Can you do feet forward smith machine squat next? My gyms hack squat sucks
I love your demonstration videos so much I could cry. Ty for this.
Keep in mind, the Five stars are based on my needs for this item th-cam.com/users/postUgkxUHHotQRjIQnfuxEeVotlkHVYWH0DXZoS When I first bought the bike I was going to return it immediately. After trying it out for several days/weeks I came to realize it is actually perfect for WHY I bought it.This is not a workout, the resistance is, eh, it makes a bit of noise, not loud, and it isn’t very stable even with the mat. The mat certainly keeps the bike from sliding but nothing keeps the mat from sliding (if that makes any sense, lol). Mine is place on my hard wood floor. Maybe it would be better with a rug underneath??I sit for long hours for work and wanted something to keep my legs moving. This bike does exactly that! For the price it is amazing, it is compact, easy to use, light weight, keeps track of time, calories etc (not sure how accurate it is) but good little product. I am happy with it.
Not only is the content of these videos absolutely awesome, but Mike always cracks me up. 🤙🤙🤙
Great vid! Would love to see the 45° back extension!
Goodluck Mr. Feather. Great technique video Mike.
It’s funny because at my first show, when I asked for feedback from the judges, they told me “bro you really aren’t doing your hamstring curls with the peak contraction, and it shows”
Very helpful, thanks!
Thank you so much for all these videos, they're very much appreciated.
Heading gym now leg day TODAY ...thanks Doc
Leg day tomorrow - perfect timing!
How it went?
@@derinkoI'm interested to know too. 😅
@@psp7690he died that day three years ago because of that workout
This is one ofmy top 3 most hated exercise hopefully with your tips I can make it bare able lol
Dr. Mike forcing Jared to lie down on a hamstring machine doing like 10 reps for 12+ minutes is hilarious
Would love to see the seated leg curl. My pumps are horrible on that machine.
Love your approach Dr Mike, appart from delivering some superb advice you also call out all of bro BS, love it👍
question... even with no weight on the machine I can only touch my butt with the pad by using a lot of momentum and sort of throwing the pad forward. Am I in the machine wrong?
I followed this man when he said “lower the fucking weight”
Love this series. I’m gonna be THAT GUY who asks a question about foot position. But not foot rotation. Rather dorsi vs plantar flexion.
In your opinion, does it matter if you activate your soleus by dorsiflexing your foot? I’ve notice that I can curl significantly more weight if I dorsiflex my foot. I’m not sure why. But I think it’s because the soleus crosses knee joint and gets recruited in the movement. But the plantar flexion keeps all the focus on my hamstrings. Any thoughts in this?
I start with planter flexion and when I hit failure I switch to dorsi flexion
I dorsiflex during concentric, and plantarflex during the slower eccentric. Feel it more in my hammies and I heard it replicates sprinting more, but I've done it like that for years now. Not sure if better or worse but I feel it more in my hammies. Also makes you pause at the top of each rep to point the foot down before the eccentric portion
This is what I was looking for actually, tried plantar flexion for the first time, and oh boy, I couldn't put half the reps I'm used to, and felt my calves were hindering me
The gatrocnemius crosses the knee joint not the soleus. The calves act to flex the knee in the first 15 degrees and by plantarflexing you disadvantage the calf and thus it wont contribiute well to the movement and this not what we want since it also stabilizes the subsequent range of motion.
@@ABHISHEKSHARMA1993 bad approach
this was just what i needed
Great recap of tips and tricks for the lying leg curls movement. The outros are always fun lol
Quality info as always
Dr Mike dropping more knowledge!!!👏💪😎
Dr.mike is insane with them hamstrings
Did you see them veins throughout his hamstrings how is that possible
INSANE
Probably the only channel where I stick around till the end lmao
love tgis video man whats the intro song i want to use it for my workout playlist
Lower the fucking weight! I love that. I've noticed low back pain and I'm pretty sure its too heavy ham curls! Thanks for vid really good
thanks dr mike
I feel better about the crocs and the slides at the gym thing now cuz Jared does it
I learned my lesson when doing lying leg curls. Go a little lighter. I was a little too heavy and straight hurt my rib. Tried doing my chest exercises today. Can’t with the injury on my rib. Personally don’t no how a rib injury happened, but most like when I was curling, I moved around my torso and hurt my rib. So I’m doing arms instead and I guess chest will have to wait a week or two.
Thank You!
Great video. Dude in crocs with a mohican looks jacked
Thank you
Excellent video! Thank you so much! I am struggling a lot with this exercise. Any recommendations on an alternative one to buid in the strength for this one?
Romanian Deadlifts
IT DOESN'T MATTER what you do with your feet!
-The Rock
Never have I seen a pair of crocs get so much camera time in a youtube video.
Any thoughts on aligning knee joint with pivot point of the machine or it doesn't matter? Thanks.
12:12 Like Drax from the Guardians of the Galaxy, Jared has mastered the art of invisibility.
I've been including lying leg curl (higher reps) and nordic ham curl (lower reps) in my three day leg routine for isolation exercises. Sucks that the gym I go to dont have seated or standing leg curls. Fyi I don't like the cable or band version of those two exercises.
Is it okay for the pad to roll on the back of your leg?
One thing this video fails to touch on, and what I was looking for and surprised not to find, is how to keep the toes pointed during the exercise. It makes a big difference if I lift my foot upwards, or backwards during the lift. I think this is called dorsiflexion and plantar flexion.
Where do you position the knee? slightly under the pad?
What about flexing or pointing your toes in the Hamstring curls? I flex mine, but I see some people keep it relaxed or pointed. Does it matter?
Hmmm. Is extending your back in this exercise problematic? Understandably the hamstrings originate at the bottom of the pelvis which causes anterior rotation in knee flexion. I have tried bracing and flexing the glutes during the exercise to stop this happening, but still happens and causes me discomfort
Weird Saw a video today of Sean Nalewanyj talking on exactly the same exercise..
He explained it better.😂
How can I stop the pad from rolling down my leg as I go up making the lift easier? I cant seem to keep it at its proper posistion
Ooof, wish id seen this before my workout. Felt like i wasnt doing it right today
I always feel these on my calves, what should I do?
First half of the video, "is this dude wearing crocs?"
6:40 Dr. Mike Confirms, he's wearing crocs XD
Omg. . Thanks 😌
I’m a disabled spinal bifida patient and have a hard time with this and I’m trying to straighten out my legs any alternative options for me
when i do these i get a stabbing knee pain on my right knee on the medial side. when i do seated ham curls i can lift way heavier and my knees are fine, so im gonna stick with seated still. not sure what im doing wrong with the lying ones but it might be bc the pad is too low
Deficit Sumo Deadlift for physique athletes?
Just in time for leg day 🦵
10:30 holy eff your voice sounded like Kermit the frog for a second or two 😂😂😂
Sir please make captions in English on each video
Am trying to figure out y when I do this my tendon or something behind my knees is click like these a stuck and I have to pull though
Aw man. I’ve been doing the single curls where you’re upright.. I’d grab the top arm rest and as I’m curling, my body just moves. I try to not move my body to get momentum, but I just tend to move my body forward slightly. Idk if that makes sense
great video thank you, tho one question i cant find and answer to anywhere, is there any way to stop feeling like im crushing my testicles? 😅
Legend
Disappointed by camera angle.
U want to see his ass or what this is what u need to see u see how to be positioned
Ewwww nikka, that's gay.
U dirty dawg
@@ssonicdeafmonkeyclean*
I am doing the exercise at home with a cable and leing down on the ground but my back getting on Fire
Does anyone know the intro song?
Everytime I do these i get a click/pop on the back of my knee, towards the inside, it's like a tendon snapping into place.
Had it for years, never had an issue, but I wonder sometimes... Should I worry? Couldn't find any info on it 🤔
Late answer but you dont need to worry if ur pain free. I had this also for years but it went away
I have a bizarre problem with this machine. My feet do not want to be straight one is doing it's own thing the other is perfectly fine, one leg moves nice the other just feels off, it feels as if my pelvis is tilting, it genuinely makes me feel like I'm going to roll off the machine. Someone said I seem to be off at an angle and he moved my legs so they were straight and it felt completely alien. I have no idea how to correct this imbalance.
Calves generally get a bit more attention if I curl it up????
Same here. Squeezing your glutes as you curl will help you feel hams more
Cool but unfortunately I still can’t feel my hamstrings at all I tried all these different things and still only feel it in my calves and my calves burn out before the hamstrings
Same bro
Have I been missing a hidden scene in all these vids? I'm going back to rewatch them all!
Don't know if anyone is still responding to comments but my tendons click at the extended portion on the way down and up
I have incorporated these tips and am not am amateur either
Not everyone is under 5”6 so our legs are far longer so all these what you’re saying are impossible for us
If ur 6'6 tough luck but these machines are suited for people around 5'9 to 5'10
Given that the Lying Leg Curl does not involve lengthening the hamstrings to where stretch under load is possible, why include this exercise for hamstring growth when there's the option of an exercise like the Seated Leg Curl that does involve lengthening the hamstrings to where stretch under load is possible?
Because the seated curls do not allow for maximum contraction. You can squeeze as hard as you want but with your knees out in front of you, your Hams don't reach their most tightly contracted state. Working the Hams stretched is great but they have more range of motion than you can do in either seated or lying leg Curl.
Don't misunderstand me, I prefer the seated leg Curl by far because going to a maximum contraction seems to put me at risk for a hell of a hamstring cramp.
Guilty!
Goodbye Jared
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! 💪💪❤️❤️‼️ or should I say, unsubscribed! 🤣🤣
Did Jared leave because his scapulae weren't retracted and his spine/shoulders exploded?
I hate this machine so much...isn't there a good substitute for it that i can do?
WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSE?
Hey Dr. Mike, You're GREAT,.......but Eeeeeecentric isn't a word anywhere in the English language. The word is eC-Centric. It's only the lifting community that mispronounces it....and oh lordy, is it pervasive! You're better than that! We won't think you're eccentric for pronouncing it correctly, I promise! lol
Should we go heavy on these bad boys ?
Too long just say how it need to be