Seated Leg Curl

Danish: Siddende bencurl

Movement pattern

Knee flexion

Equipment

Selectorised / plate-loaded machine

Main muscles

Biceps femoris (long head), Biceps femoris (short head), Semimembranosus, Semitendinosus

Also works

Gastrocnemius

Stabilisers

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Muscle groups

Hamstrings

Level

Beginner

Type

Isolation, pull

Load

External load

Logged as

Reps

Related exercises

Belongs to: Lying Leg Curl

Alternatives: Lying Leg Curl, Standing Leg Curl

Variation of: Lying Leg Curl

Opposing movement: Leg Extension, Single-Leg Leg Extension

Other names

Spanish: Curl femoral sentado

Liftosaur: Seated Leg Curl, Leverage Machine · wger: Leg Curls (sitting), Machine Seated Leg Curl · free-exercise-db: Seated Leg Curl

Also called: Seated Hamstring Curl, Seated Hamstring Curl (Machine), Seated Hamstring Curls, Seated Hamstring Curls (Machine), Seated Knee Flexion, Seated Knee Flexion (Machine), Seated Leg Curls, Seated Leg Curls (Machine)

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Exercise data: Exercise Knowledge Graph by Giovanni Degani, incl. wger contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0. Version 1.0.0. Adapted from the Exercise Knowledge Graph; licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Attribution and sources · Download the data (JSON)