All About Nordic Ham Curls with Bret Contreras

All About Nordic Ham Curls with Bret Contreras

In the second episode of All About, I bring you Nordic ham curls. The Nordic ham curl is my favorite hamstring exercise. It's very popular with athletes, but at Glute Lab we've been using it with physique competitors as well, with much success.

We prescribe it with a majority of our clients and have learned a thing or two along the way. This video will showcase how we teach proper form, our regressions and progressions, and different equipment that can be used (shown below):

6 Ways to Perform:

1. Partner assisted
2. Partner assisted with foam roller
3. Lat pulldown machine
4. Barbell
5. Smith machine
6. Sorinex poor man's glute ham raise

Common errors:

1. Changing hip angle
2. Incomplete range of motion
3. Inappropriate absorption

Regressions:

1. Sorinex glute ham roller
2. Manual resisted

Assisted methods:

1. Stripper Nordic
2. Band assisted
3. Partner assisted

Variations and Progressions:

1. Razor Nordic
2. Pause rep
3. Pulse method
4. Slow manual resistance
5. Fast enhanced eccentric
6. Manual resisted and assisted
7. Full rep
8. Dumbbell enhanced full rep

Thank you to Coach Alex Sterner for helping me create this video.