Lower Body Workouts

  The stability ball hamstring curl is one of the most effective bodyweight hamstring exercises available and one of the most underestimated. Where the lying machine hamstring curl isolates the hamstrings purely through knee flexion with the hip in a neutral position, the stability ball curl requires the hamstrings to simultaneously extend the hip and

  The lying down hamstring curl (also called the prone leg curl or lying leg curl) is a machine-based isolation exercise for the hamstrings performed face-down on a padded bench with the legs extended and the ankles hooked under a roller pad. It is the most commonly used machine hamstring exercise and one of the

  The straight leg calf raise is not simply a calf raise performed with a straight leg. The position of the knee fundamentally changes which calf muscle is most challenged, which is why the straight leg and bent knee versions are distinct exercises with different training effects rather than being interchangeable variations of the same