Stability Ball Leg Curl
Trains the hamstrings, with help from the glutes. Equipment varies. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Stability Ball Leg Curl
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a hamstrings exercise that is, there are 11 on the Hamstrings page.
Muscles worked
What Stability Ball Leg Curl trains
Technique
How to do the Stability Ball Leg Curl
- Lie on your back with your arms at your sides, palms down, and your heels and calves on a stability ball.
- Brace your core and lift your hips off the floor so your body forms a straight line from your shoulders to your heels.
- Bend your knees and roll the ball towards your glutes by pulling your heels in, keeping your hips up.
- Slowly straighten your legs to roll the ball back out, keeping your hips lifted. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Use a properly inflated ball so it rolls smoothly.
- Keep your hips up the whole set; letting them sag takes the work off your hamstrings.
- Move slowly, especially as the ball rolls back out.
- Exhale as you curl the ball in and inhale as you straighten your legs.
Substitutes
Swap Stability Ball Leg Curl for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Stability Ball Leg Curl for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.