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Ball Leg Curl
Ball Leg Curl is a beginner strength exercise using exercise ball. It works the hamstrings, with help from the calves and glutes.
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- Main muscles
- hamstrings
- Also works
- calves, glutes
How to do it
- Begin on the floor laying on your back with your feet on top of the ball.
- Position the ball so that when your legs are extended your ankles are on top of the ball. This will be your starting position.
- Raise your hips off of the ground, keeping your weight on the shoulder blades and your feet.
- Flex the knees, pulling the ball as close to you as you can, contracting the hamstrings.
- After a brief pause, return to the starting position.
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Similar exercises
- Lying Leg Curls · machine, beginner
- Platform Hamstring Slides · other, beginner
- Prone Manual Hamstring · other, beginner
- Seated Band Hamstring Curl · other, beginner
- Seated Leg Curl · machine, beginner
- Smith Machine Stiff-Legged Deadlift · machine, beginner
- Standing Leg Curl · machine, beginner
- Stiff-Legged Dumbbell Deadlift · dumbbell, beginner
General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).