TE Jeff Heuerman tears ACL
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I went for the short and sweet response. My bad.
It's the thought that counts....
Many hamstring exercises are not "push" exercises, they are "pull" exercises. Further, many of the strength programs that do focus on hamstring exercises just slap on a "4x12 leg curl" set of instructions - so athletes just crank out a four sets of poorly executed leg curls and then move on to the bench, or squat, or any other "high profile" exercise. In truth, the best hamstring exercises are controlled negatives.
So basically for the hammies you roll over and lay on a bench face down locking your heels under the upper leg curl bar? Always wondered what that was for...

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I went for the short and sweet response. My bad.
It's the thought that counts....
Many hamstring exercises are not "push" exercises, they are "pull" exercises. Further, many of the strength programs that do focus on hamstring exercises just slap on a "4x12 leg curl" set of instructions - so athletes just crank out a four sets of poorly executed leg curls and then move on to the bench, or squat, or any other "high profile" exercise. In truth, the best hamstring exercises are controlled negatives.
So basically for the hammies you roll over and lay on a bench face down locking your heels under the upper leg curl bar? Always wondered what that was for...

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