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Leg curl (machine)
Legs · Machine
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 4
Reps8 to 12
RIR1 to 2
Machines and cables hold the path for you, so you can work closer to failure than with free weights.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Hamstrings.
Secondary: Calves.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Beincurl (maskin)
- Swedish Bencurl (maskin)
- Danish Leg curl (maskine)
- German Beinbeugen (Maschine)
- Spanish Curl femoral (máquina)
- Italian Leg curl (macchina)
- Portuguese Mesa flexora
- Russian Сгибания ног в тренажёре
- French Leg curl (machine)
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