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Ring Leg Curl

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Equipment

Gymnastics Rings
Gymnastics Rings

The Ring Leg Curl is an effective exercise for targeting the hamstrings and enhancing posterior chain strength. It also engages the glutes and core, improving stability and balance. The exercise uses Gymnastics Rings to facilitate a challenging bodyweight hamstring curl.

How to do it

  1. Set up Gymnastics Rings at about knee height.
  2. Lie on your back with your heels in the rings and arms by your sides.
  3. Lift your hips off the ground by bending your knees, pulling your heels towards your glutes.
  4. Hold briefly at the top, squeezing the hamstrings.
  5. Lower your hips and straighten the legs to return to the starting position.

Muscles worked

Primary Hamstrings

Secondary Gluteus Maximus Rectus Abdominis

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