Band Leg Curl

Start

Finish

How to do it

Anchor a band low in front of you, lie face down and hook it around one ankle, then curl the heel toward the backside against the band and lower slowly.

Muscles worked

Primary: hamstrings · Also works: calves

Equipment

Resistance bands

Common mistakes

• Letting the hips lift off the floor to help the heel travel further
• Letting the band snap the leg straight instead of resisting on the way back down
• Anchoring the band too high so the resistance pulls the leg up rather than straight out

Variations

• Both legs together with the band over both ankles
• Standing single-leg curl with the band anchored behind you

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Lying Leg Curl
• Sliding Leg Curl
• Seated Leg Curl

Related exercises

• Conventional Deadlifthamstrings
• Dumbbell Romanian Deadlifthamstrings
• Downward-Facing Doghamstrings
• Seated Forward Foldhamstrings
• Lying Leg Curlhamstrings
• Nordic Hamstring Curlhamstrings