9 Leg Curl Mistakes and How to Fix Them

[@WolfCoaching]

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

[@brookmachatte]

Hey Milo, Do you have any ideas for alternatives on the Leg Curl? My gym doesn't have the machine.

[@MrJreynolds214]

@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?

[@LUKA_911]

@@brookmachatte maybe Romanian deadlift?

[@INTJames]

Body English cracks me up

[@tsitsifail]

🐐🐐🐐

[@Xtinkxiion]

I love how most of these errors are the same in every exercise

[@PhilipSkogsberg]

That what you get when you pay attention to the fundamentals! 🤯

[@Deciden0w.]

lmao seriously but its good refresher

[@jackdemoguitar]

Bruh this series is amazing. Can you do feet forward smith machine squat next? My gyms hack squat sucks

[@FatboyFatboy-y2h]

This video should be a must-watch for anyone serious about leg training. Small adjustments can make a big difference.

[@t.e.g.fitness5875]

Not only is the content of these videos absolutely awesome, but Mike always cracks me up. 🤙🤙🤙

[@kalm5076]

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”

[@carlemilbach9117]

Great vid! Would love to see the 45° back extension!

[@michaelmarzella5460]

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[@Mightdreadbed]

I love your demonstration videos so much I could cry. Ty for this.

[@elenexxenele8443]

Goodluck Mr. Feather. Great technique video Mike.

[@derekbrackenbury7159]

Love your approach Dr Mike, appart from delivering some superb advice you also call out all of bro BS, love it👍

[@CkPari_]

Heading gym now leg day TODAY ...thanks Doc

[@lukeben5]

Leg day tomorrow - perfect timing!

[@derinko]

How it went?

[@psp7690]

​@@derinkoI'm interested to know too. 😅

[@YasuoRice]

@@psp7690he died that day three years ago because of that workout

[@sansiveria578]

Thank you so much for all these videos, they're very much appreciated.

[@seancotlier9059]

Dr. Mike forcing Jared to lie down on a hamstring machine doing like 10 reps for 12+ minutes is hilarious

[@tristanlattie6944]

I followed this man when he said “lower the fucking weight”

[@angrysenpai8421]

This is one ofmy top 3 most hated exercise hopefully with your tips I can make it bare able lol

[@JCrushFitness]

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?

[@brandoncouncil2369]

Would love to see the seated leg curl. My pumps are horrible on that machine.

[@StudentOfGonstead]

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?

[@ABHISHEKSHARMA1993]

I start with planter flexion and when I hit failure I switch to dorsi flexion

[@FUDamentals101]

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

[@rogersantosprojects]

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

[@Necatibeyy]

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.

[@Necatibeyy]

@@ABHISHEKSHARMA1993 bad approach

[@Deciden0w.]

Great recap of tips and tricks for the lying leg curls movement. The outros are always fun lol

[@misanthrophex]

Probably the only channel where I stick around till the end lmao

[@nilo7727]

Dr Mike dropping more knowledge!!!👏💪😎

[@russianbeginner643]

Dr.mike is insane with them hamstrings Did you see them veins throughout his hamstrings how is that possible INSANE

[@davidtichy3546]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@CJHan]

Never have I seen a pair of crocs get so much camera time in a youtube video.

[@CokenOpi]

this was just what i needed

[@ellieco9174]

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

[@Fighter4Street]

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.

[@David-tt3yz]

12:12 Like Drax from the Guardians of the Galaxy, Jared has mastered the art of invisibility.

[@davidcardinal3654]

10:30 holy eff your voice sounded like Kermit the frog for a second or two 😂😂😂

[@intuitivehomebrew3199]

First half of the video, "is this dude wearing crocs?" 6:40 Dr. Mike Confirms, he's wearing crocs XD

[@kylejohnson1525]

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.

[@mconcepcion752]

Quality info as always

[@nomnomnooma]

I feel better about the crocs and the slides at the gym thing now cuz Jared does it

[@ColFighter018]

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.

[@rogerp1477]

Any thoughts on aligning knee joint with pivot point of the machine or it doesn't matter? Thanks.

[@funnyvideos1823]

love tgis video man whats the intro song i want to use it for my workout playlist

[@ap5194]

Great video. Dude in crocs with a mohican looks jacked

[@andrewt248]

IT DOESN'T MATTER what you do with your feet! -The Rock

[@tehseenchanna3564]

thanks dr mike

[@haileyseltenreich788]

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?

[@TreatSpin]

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

[@aguiladelmar]

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?

[@italianwaffle5592]

Romanian Deadlifts

[@tikiortaka]

Is it okay for the pad to roll on the back of your leg?

[@KG-nk9zh]

Thank You!

[@MisterPudd]

Ooof, wish id seen this before my workout. Felt like i wasnt doing it right today

[@F.A.--]

Where do you position the knee? slightly under the pad?

[@jongib369]

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

[@StimYuLus]

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

[@Bazonkaz]

Just in time for leg day 🦵

[@JODI26mob]

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

[@paulwarner5674]

Weird Saw a video today of Sean Nalewanyj talking on exactly the same exercise.. He explained it better.😂

[@juegosparaipodgabo]

I always feel these on my calves, what should I do?

[@arnoldlarisch7717]

Thank you

[@AM-le7yb]

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

[@kevintboy9538]

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

[@jonnekamsula5856]

Deficit Sumo Deadlift for physique athletes?

[@Dddd.6754]

Omg. . Thanks 😌

[@benevans4131]

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? 😅

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

Disappointed by camera angle.

[@chrischapoteau3263]

U want to see his ass or what this is what u need to see u see how to be positioned

[@char_lizard8440]

Ewwww nikka, that's gay.

[@ssonicdeafmonkey]

U dirty dawg

[@chilldoc9638]

@@ssonicdeafmonkeyclean*

[@ZigZagXL]

I am doing the exercise at home with a cable and leing down on the ground but my back getting on Fire

[@chrysakapai6614]

Does anyone know the intro song?

[@ruanbortolotto-goabs-engli9715]

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 🤔

[@KJ-gs8lx]

Late answer but you dont need to worry if ur pain free. I had this also for years but it went away

[@zephaniah666]

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.

[@informan6838]

Sir please make captions in English on each video

[@carrolloutdoors4764]

Legend

[@tusharbaghel2952]

Calves generally get a bit more attention if I curl it up????

[@heyyuhlook]

Same here. Squeezing your glutes as you curl will help you feel hams more

[@DiamondCigarettes]

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

[@yeica]

Same bro

[@MrJreynolds214]

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?

[@RedfishCarolina]

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.

[@taylorjeff67]

Have I been missing a hidden scene in all these vids? I'm going back to rewatch them all!

[@LewisE]

Not everyone is under 5”6 so our legs are far longer so all these what you’re saying are impossible for us

[@mitch5944]

If ur 6'6 tough luck but these machines are suited for people around 5'9 to 5'10

[@bradythebirdy4862]

Don't know if anyone is still responding to comments but my tendons click at the extended portion on the way down and up

[@bradythebirdy4862]

I have incorporated these tips and am not am amateur either

[@KeksSektor]

WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSE?

[@TheAthiiest97]

Did Jared leave because his scapulae weren't retracted and his spine/shoulders exploded?

[@gracefool]

Goodbye Jared

[@swinto4795]

I hate this machine so much...isn't there a good substitute for it that i can do?

[@gamerchristina1079]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! 💪💪❤️❤️‼️ or should I say, unsubscribed! 🤣🤣

[@MonteiroM]

Guilty!

[@evaeva8731]

Should we go heavy on these bad boys ?

[@alfenito]

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

[@hanszimmer121]

Too long just say how it need to be