Hamstrings · Body weight · Beginner
How to do Standing Single Leg Curl
The standing single leg curl is a bodyweight exercise targeting the hamstrings and glutes. It involves balancing on one leg while curling the opposite heel toward the glutes, emphasizing hamstring activation and single-leg stability.
- Primary muscle
- Hamstrings
- Also works
- Glutes
- Equipment
- Body weight
- Level
- Beginner
- Category
- Legs
How to do Standing Single Leg Curl, step by step
- Stand with your feet hip-width apart and your hands on your hips.
- Shift your weight onto your left leg and lift your right foot off the ground, bending your knee.
- Slowly curl your right heel towards your glutes, squeezing your hamstring.
- Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly lower your right foot back down to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch legs.
Muscles worked
Standing Single Leg Curl works your hamstrings as the main mover, with help from your glutes.
Track Standing Single Leg Curl in SPLYT
Standing Single Leg Curl is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.
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