13 Swiss Ball Hamstring Curl
In my opinion hamstring curls on the ball beat any hamstring machine I’ve ever used. This exercise precisely targets your hamstrings and also engages your muscles in your hips and back.
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Excellent videos. Here one sees reality and not manicured perfection. The ball does not always stay put and we see how Adam needs to adjust his feet on the ball to stay balanced and in form. When I began with the ball I always thought I did something wrong as I had to adjust my position. It also helps that I can see his body and muscles….aside from the aesthtic appeal one sees clearly how the movements should look and feel.
Excellent!!!
Love it
really it’s a very good exersice!!
it stimulates the muscles very well, and improves your balance.
one of the best basketball players in the world (LeBron James) does these very often in his summer workout routine.
It is not as easy as it looks…
Tried it yesterday and it really worked.
Really nice vid. Thanks for posting it.
Hi Adam,
How should the ball be inflated?. example very hard or somewhat soft?. They say that a 65cm ball is for people who are 5 8` to 6 feet tall. I can hamstring curl 140 lbs with a machine for 7 reps with good form yet when I tried this exercise I found it very challenging with two legs why do you think it was so hard for me. The reason I asking this is that you said you have beginners do this,I think based on what I felt it could be to difficult for them, how could they do this?. Thanks
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Look for Floor Glute-ham raise on google. It’s basicly a bodyweigt hamstring curl.
THis is a dumb exercis!
how do you change or increase resistance with this exercise? I’ve been trying all kinds of things for hamstrings and they same to always end up hitting my glutes at the expensive of working out the hamstrings!
This is a great exercise and I use it with a lot of my beginner training clients. As you mentioned to address the muscle imbalances many people have developed. That’s why it’s so important to think about training movements not muscles. Let us know how it goes…
I have a pretty stiff hamstring and committed the common sin of lower body development = undertraining the hamstring. It’s hard to even lock my knees now. Thanks for the video bro. Will try it at the gym tomorrow
I just added a video I saw a while back to our favorites on using the ball to train connective pressure and positional dominance techniques for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. If you haven’t seen it check it out. Depending on how it’s inflated the 65 cm ball might be a little big for you? I’m about 5′11″ and I usually use a 55cm. Thanks for your comment.
good stuff bro. I just bought a ball. 65 cm for a 5.9 guy like me should be good.
Anyways I bought it for its versatility in the many variations you can do. I need to get into shape for martial arts and jiu jitsu and a lot of grapplers seem to use the ball to simulate top control.
At the basic level it’s great for rehabilitation. When you get stronger ask your Doc about progressing into the single leg variation and lift your hands and arms up to increase the stability requirement. Good luck!
i pulled my hamstring a couple weeks ago and my Sports Doctor has been having me do this exercise for my strength training…it’s an awesome exercise. Thanks for the vid.
Adam,
Another great video! Thanks for the consistent high quality and progresive difficuclty of the exercise.