Exercise cues/tips:

• Get set up in a tall kneeling position while keeping the core tight and trunk straight

• Have a partner, weight or assistive device hold down the ankles for support

• Begin to let the body free fall, then sharply contract the hamstrings and lower down as far as you can control 

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Muscle groups targeted:

• Hamstrings

• Core 

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Exercise progression:

• Hold weight in hands​

 

Exercise regression:

• Powerband assisted

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❗Van Dyk et al. (2019) states the nordic curl causes large increases in hamstring muscle size, strength and fascicle length, particularly semitendinosus and biceps femoris short head.

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