Are leg curls pointless???

[slobberknocker]

I'm always the first to advocate the compound lifts. But I actually kinda like leg curls for hamstring strength. What do you think? Are they helpful in a strength training routine, or should they be scrapped in favor of something else, and if so, what?

Thanks.

 

[jeremys]

they're better than nothing, but glute/ham raises are far superior, even if done on the floor without the GHR bench

 

[IronLion]

I can't find hardly a leg curl machine with enough weight for me to work in the 5-8 rep range. I used to do them uni-lateraly. I think this has more benefit that doing them regular. I would get to a reverse hyper asap. You will train the posterior chain together, explosively, with maximal carryover to athletic and compound lifts

 

[slobberknocker]

I usually do my leg curls one leg at a time, so it works lol.

Can I just do them (reverse hypers) from the ground, with someone holding my legs? I don't think my gym is equipped w/the proper apparatus.

 

[IronLion]

No, what you are thinking of is the glute ham raise for poor kids. It is definately a great hamstring exercise...you will probably only get the negative for a while, it is really hard to get the concentric off the floor.

the reverse hyper is pretty rare, but I am of the opinion that if a gym doesn't have one, its not the gym for me....lol

 

[BigWh1tey]

i do seated leg curls as active recovery work . one 4 minute set

 

[t3c]

put it this way....

you are pulling 730lbs

SOMETHING is working for you... who cares what other people think is effective or not.

 

[slobberknocker]

True, but I'd rather be pulling 1000, lol.

 

[t3c]

haha good point

 

[Tiervexx]

Personally i think strait leg deads are far and away the best ham exercise.

 

[longarms]

Now I'm not an elite level PLr, but the SLDL is the only Ham exercise I'm doing now. I may put curls back in later, but I'm downsizing my workouts so I can focus on basics. Of course my hams suck, but I'm workin them harder now than I have in the past.