After 10 weeks of leg curls, it doesn’t matter if your foot is pointed up or down—you’ll get the same muscle growth and strength gains either way.

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Myoelectric activity and improvements in strength and hypertrophy are unaffected by the ankle position during prone leg curl exercise – a within person randomized trial

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2023 Nov

The study had people do leg curls with their feet pointed up or down for 10 weeks and found that both ways made their hamstrings just as strong and big — so it doesn’t matter which foot position you use.

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Myoelectric activity and improvements in strength and hypertrophy are unaffected by the ankle position during prone leg curl exercise – a within person randomized trial

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DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2023.2214794

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