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PAOne of the biggest mistakes on the lying hamstring curl is setting the calf pad too high so that there’s no tension when your knees are nearly straightened.
This is also the portion of the range of motion on the exercise exercise where the hamstrings will be the most stretched.
Ideally you should lower the calf pad so that it is just outside your range of motion. Now this may seem a little bit scary but you’ll find that many times you can simply press your body up off the chest pad and “stand back up” to get off of the machine before you ever really hyperextend the knee. Just make sure you’re controlling the eccentric of course.
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