#33 - Hamstrings Curls with Ball
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Purpose:
Strengthen hamstrings to improve lower leg, knee and lumbopelvic stability.
Where to Feel it:
In the back of your hamstrings, calves, and abdominal core muscles.
Description:
- Place your heels on the top of the ball.
- Maintain “Spinal Ready Position" (#104), if you have been instructed to do so.
- Bridge up with feet on ball while maintaining “Spinal Ready Position".
- While pressing heels into ball, pull heels in to body and then back out.
- Remember to always keep breathing!
Progression/Challenge:
May make more challenging by performing single leg curls (lifting one leg off ball while curling the other).
Reps:
5-15.
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