This movement is a lot like the slider leg curls we looked at above.
Floor hamstring curls with towel.
When bending your knees your hamstrings will engage to roll the ball toward your body.
Notice how she keeps her hips raised throughout the entire exercis.
Performing towel hamstring curl.
Use the right leg to slide the foot out straight then pull it back in.
Lift the hips up into bridge.
Switching up the hamstring curls above place a towel under only your right foot and keep your left foot flat on the floor in a bridge position.
The only difference is that you use a towel on a low friction floor.
To do a hamstring curl on the floor lie on your stomach with your hands in front of you slightly wider than your shoulders.
Keep your back.
It will target your hamstrings and it will also work your core and your glutes.
This exercise is also called the slick floor bridge curl and bodyweight hamstring curl since your bodyweight serves as the resistance for this movement.
For hamstring towel slides perform as above swapping out the slider for a towel.
From this position lift one or both feet off the floor by bending your knees.
This movement must be done on a low friction surface like a hardwood floor.
Lying swiss ball hamstring curls start lying on your back with the legs out straight resting your feet on the top of a swiss ball about six inches apart.
Repeat 15 20 repetitions then switch sides.
Lie back and raise leg straight above maintaining grip on towel with both hands.
I ve done tons of hard hamstring exercises but single leg body curls may very well be the toughest of the lot even when just using bodyweight.
Sit on mat or floor with knees bent.
Supplement video for mwr focus magazine.
As with the slider leg curl it works your hamstrings glutes and core.
To do this.
It took me a long time to progress to them and even when i could do regular sliding leg curls with 135 pounds on my hips i still couldn t even do one rep of these bad boys.
When doing this you should be keeping your knees on the floor.