Standing Leg Curl (Cable)
Trains the hamstrings, with help from the calves. You need a machine. 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 (Cable)
- Attach an ankle strap to a low pulley and secure it around your working ankle, then stand upright facing the machine and hold onto a stable surface or clasp your hands together for balance.
- Keep your upper body stationary and your knees aligned as you slowly bend your working knee, curling your foot up toward your glutes.
- Pause briefly at the top of the movement, focusing on squeezing your hamstring.
- Lower your foot back down to the starting position with control and repeat for the desired number of repetitions before switching legs.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Squeeze your hamstring at the top of the curl for peak contraction.
- Adjust the weight appropriately to maintain proper form throughout the set.
- Maintain a slight bend in your standing leg for better stability.
Muscles worked
What Standing Leg Curl (Cable) trains
In the programs
None of our programs use the Standing Leg Curl (Cable)
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 (Cable) 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 (Cable) 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.