Nordic hamstring curl

Sets, reps and RIR

Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.

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: Glutes, Calves.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Nordisk hamstring
• Svenska Nordisk hamstring
• Dansk Nordic hamstring
• Deutsch Nordic Hamstring Curl
• Español Curl nórdico de isquiotibiales
• Italiano Nordic curl
• Português Flexão nórdica
• Русский Нордические сгибания ног
• Français Nordic curl

Related legs exercises

• Squat (barbell)
• Front squat
• Box squat
• Lunges (barbell)
• Hip thrust (barbell)
• Good morning

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