Hamstrings grew more with seated than with lying leg curls
Key finding
Hamstrings grew more with seated than with lying leg curls
Context
20 healthy adults trained one leg seated and the other lying for 12 weeks, measured by MRI.
- 14 %: Whole hamstrings — seated
- 9 %: Whole hamstrings — lying
- 10 %: Single-joint part — seated
- 9 %: Single-joint part — lying
Limits
Only 20 people and one muscle; training status is not stated in the abstract. The single-joint part grew similarly in both variants.
Sources
- Greater Hamstrings Muscle Hypertrophy but Similar Damage Protection after Training at Long versus Short Muscle Lengths · Maeo; Sumiaki; Huang; Meng; Wu; Yuhang; Sakurai; Hikaru; Kusagawa; Yuki; Sugiyama; Takashi; Kanehisa; Hiroaki; Isaka; Tadao · 2021 · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise PubMed DOI Study note
Guides
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