Core Knowledge

Movements

Leg Curl - 1 Leg (Slide)

Starting Position

  • Lie flat on the floor with your arms at your sides, legs bent and your left heel on a slide
  • Bend your right hip to 90 degrees

Procedure

  • Contract your glutes to raise your hips up, creating a straight line from your shoulders to your knees
  • In a controlled motion, straighten you left leg out in front of you
  • Then curl it to return
  • Continue for the prescribed number of repetitions
  • Switch legs and repeat

Coaching Keys

  • Initiate the movement by contracting your glutes
  • Do not let your hips drop as you bend your knee

You Should Feel It

  • Working your glutes, hamstrings and lower back

 


Tags: Hamstrings, ValSlide, Lower Back, Lower Body Pull

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