Standing Leg Curl (Band)
Trains the hamstrings, with help from the calves. You need a resistance band. 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.
Technique
How to do the Standing Leg Curl (Band)
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding to a weight cage for balance. Attach a resistance band to a low anchor point and loop the other end around your right ankle. Shift your weight onto your left leg.
- Curl your right leg by bending your knee, bringing your heel towards your glutes while keeping your upper leg stationary.
- Slowly return to the starting position, straightening your leg and controlling the resistance band.
- Repeat the movement for the desired number of repetitions, then switch legs.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Focus on squeezing your hamstrings at the top of the movement to enhance muscle activation.
- Maintain an upright posture throughout the exercise; avoid leaning forward or backward.
- Keep your supporting knee slightly bent to maintain balance.
Muscles worked
What Standing Leg Curl (Band) trains
In the programs
None of our programs use the Standing Leg Curl (Band)
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 16 on the Hamstrings page.
Substitutes
Swap Standing Leg Curl (Band) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Standing Leg Curl (Band) 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.