Even if you never skip legs day, you could be setting yourself up a lower-body injury. Muscle imbalances—often caused by paying too much attention to one muscle and not enough to another—are a common ...

So far, we've reviewed squats, lunges, chest press and lat pulldown. Today we'll examine some of the more common muscle conditioning exercises and highlight proper technique and the most common errors ...

There are numerous exercises to target the hamstrings, but one that trains this muscle in its role to bend the knee is the hamstring curl. There are a variety of machines available that load up the ...

Nothing is better than the seated leg curl for your hamstrings. As mentioned above, one of the basic functions of the hamstrings is knee flexion, and this exercise beautifully mimics the same. However ...

When it comes to lower-body exercises, big compound movements like squats and lunges may be where our thoughts initially turn for building general strength. But leg curls can be a much-needed addition ...

THE LEG CURL is one of the best machines for building hamstring strength and size. If you don't have one handy, though, what's the next best option? There are two types of hamstring curl machines, and ...

Dear Running Doc: I run 35 miles a week and run three marathons and six half marathons a year. My running coach said recently: “No runner should ever do seated hamstring curls at the gym; these only ...

Fitness trainer and bodybuilding coach Eugene Teo has been sharing a series about"2 Best Exercises," highlighting his favorite moves that target specific areas of your body for muscle growth. Teo has ...

Wide squatting is categorized under a hamstring dominant squat. Just keep your stance slightly wider than your shoulder width and there you go. A Wide squat enables you to generate more force by ...