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Preventing Hamstring Injury


I threw together this video to show a simple progression for slideboard leg curls. I love this exercise for hamstring injury prevention

We had a great thread on StrengthCoach.com about single leg stability ball leg curls. I prefer the slideboard versions and put this progression together. The key to any “functional” leg curl is that the glutes work isometrically to maintain hip extension while the hamstrings work concentrically  to flex the knee and eccentrically to control leg extension.

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This entry was posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:26 pm and is filed under Injuries, StrengthCoach.com Updates, Training, Training Females with tags , . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

9 Responses to “Preventing Hamstring Injury”

  1. Chris @ Torn Hamstring Says:
    November 23, 2012 at 11:55 pm

    This is a great exercise for hamstring injury prevention. I also like the same progression with the feet up on an exercise ball similarly with in and out rolling. Also, the athlete can put their feet on the ball and keep the ball in the one place and drop the hips up and down, similar to glute bridge but with more focus on eccentric loading of the hamstring.

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