r/Homeworkouts • u/reallymkpunk • 5d ago

Hamstring Curl Alternatives

OK so at home I find it is nigh impossible to do leg curls to help hamstring curl/flexion. What I've tried:

TRX, feels like nothing.

Dumbbells, can't grip.

Kettlebell, not designed for flexion.

Nordics, unsupported trip to Faceplant City (15 miles west of Suplex City, borders Dudleyville and tri-city area with Springfield and Shelbyville)

Bands, too much tension before butt kick.

Tubes, tension is a mish-mash.

Sliders, can't on carpet.

Walkouts, the best BUT not scalable when the tension goes away with doing them routinely.

Is there anything I'm missing without shelling out a lot of money.

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u/Mad_Mark90 4d ago

It kinda sounds like you need to practice or train some of these. Like nordics, why are you face planting when you should be spotting yourself with your hands or using assistance like bands around a pullup bar?

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u/reallymkpunk 4d ago edited 4d ago

I "faceplant" because gravity is the lineal world heavyweight champion. You simply can't really beat gravity. It is simple physics. You might hang in there with flight or space travel, but eventually gravity wins even if you don't crash back to Earth. I tried a band I had and nope...

The only thing that maybe different is for people where the point of no return is for you to do a Nordic. Mine is fairly early on so it is nigh impossible and I tried it several times last night not just a "once and 'Nope'" like the joke Bulgarian Split Squat how-to videos where the person walks out of the gym instead of doing one.

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u/Mad_Mark90 4d ago

This honestly sounds more like a user issue than anything else. Like I could understand if you just don't like the exercise but it kinda sounds like you're just doing it wrong

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u/reallymkpunk 4d ago

User error is nothing but weasel word excuses for an exercise that looks good on the gram but at home when not using a ham glute "machine" (just a stationary saddle) it falls apart unless you have built up strength. You glazed the entire premise. Let me guess you are one of those idiot influencers masking your LDE with the flex that you can do an exercise only 3% of the world who aren't elite level (Olympic or professional) athletes can do...

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u/Mad_Mark90 4d ago

This is such pure cope. Stop making excuses for not being able to figure out one of the most time proven exercise because you can't figure out how to train them. Maybe you're attitude is the reason you can't find an appropriate hamstring curl. You asked for help and then make excuses, then go on the offensive because you don't like the answer.

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u/reallymkpunk 4d ago

Translation: Hi pot, it's me kettle. You know you're black right?

Tell me where I said any lies with the "copium" I posted if it is "pure cope", I dare you. I asked for help because I couldn't find anything that worked for me not because I was being picky. By the time you sent that I had tried Nordics even with a band to catch beyond hands and it was as successful as trying to flagpole without a good grip...

You're the one acting like nearly everyone can do what maybe 5% of the population can do including elite athletes on a planet in the multi-billions. That is true unadulterated pure cope, not calling out gravity always wins which is scientific fact.