Leg curl vs Leg Extension

Maximizing Your Leg Workout Plan

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Stuck between choosing Leg curl and Leg Extension for your chest sessions? Wondering which is more effective or the right time to fit each into your plan?

Customize Your Leg Workout: Explore the Benefits of Leg curl and Leg Extension for Better Comparison.

Planfit Users' Choice about Leg curl vs Leg Extension : Which is Better?

Based on randomly selected data from 1 million completed workouts, Planfit users seem to prefer Leg curl with a total of 39,860 compared to 49,848 for Leg Extension

However, this is just a matter of preference for the majority. If you are wondering which of the two exercises to do right away, please read the text below. Compare the pros and cons of each exercise and choose the one that suits you better to proceed with.

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How to Leg curl

Leg curl gif

Leg curl muscles worked: Leg

Form

  1. 1. Engage your hamstrings and glutes, and lift the ankle pads up to your hips.
  2. 2. Lower down only until your knees are fully extended against the weight resistance.

Coach's Comment

  1. 1. Please be careful not to fully extend your knees.
  2. 2. Please be careful not to lift your upper body.

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How to Leg Extension

Leg Extension gif

Leg Extension muscles worked: Leg

Form

  1. 1. Please lift until your knees are fully extended.
  2. 2. Please contract from the front of your thigh close to your knee up to the upper thigh near the hip joint.
  3. 3. Slowly lower down until the angle of your knees is 90 degrees while resisting the weight.

Coach's Comment

  1. 1. Please do not give any momentum as it may injure your knees.
  2. 2. Please be careful not to fully bend or straighten your knees.
  3. 3. Please be careful not to let your hips and back separate.

If you want to know a detailed guide to Leg Extension, alternative exercises, and its benefits, check it out here. Check out the Leg Extension Guide page of our blog!

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