Where are the hamstrings
(ischiocrural muscles) located?

  • Back of the thigh

Function:

  • Bend the knee

  • Extend the hip

Why is it important?

  • Important for sprinting, jumping, and bending

  • Help prevent knee injuries

  • Support the gluteal muscles

Here are machines you can use to train this muscle group:

  • Angled Leg Press

  • Hack Slide

  • Leg Extensors & Leg Flexors

  • Leg Press

  • Prone Position Leg Curl

  • Seated Leg Flexors

  • Super Squat

Here are machines you can use to train this muscle group:

  • Angled Leg Press

  • Hack Slide

  • Leg Extensors & Leg Flexors

  • Leg Press

  • Prone Position Leg Curl

  • Seated Leg Flexors

  • Super Squat

  • Back

  • Lower body

  • Upper body

  • Advanced

  • Beginners

  • Abductors

  • Adductors

  • Biceps

  • Chest

  • Deltoid muscle

  • Gluteus

  • Hamstrings

  • Lateral abdominal muscles

  • Latissimus

  • Quadriceps

  • Rhomboids

  • Triceps

Where are the hamstrings
(ischiocrural muscles) located?

  • Back of the thigh

Function:

  • Bend the knee

  • Extend the hip

Why is it important?

  • Important for sprinting, jumping, and bending

  • Help prevent knee injuries

  • Support the gluteal muscles

Here are machines you can use to train this muscle group:

  • Angled Leg Press

  • Hack Slide

  • Leg Extensors & Leg Flexors

  • Leg Press

  • Prone Position Leg Curl

  • Seated Leg Flexors

  • Super Squat

Here are machines you can use to train this muscle group:

  • Angled Leg Press

  • Hack Slide

  • Leg Extensors & Leg Flexors

  • Leg Press

  • Prone Position Leg Curl

  • Seated Leg Flexors

  • Super Squat