• Lay down on the machine, placing your working leg beneath the padded lever. Position your leg so that the padded lever is below your calve muscle.
    Support yourself by grabbing the side handles of the machine, and slowly raise the weight with your legs.
    Pause at the apex of the motion, then slowly return to starting position.
  • Press yourself into the pads and put your calves against the lower pads.
    Flex your knee until you feel a contraction in your hamstring, then lower back to the start.
  • Bring a bench over to the cable stack, put the cable at head height (when seated). Use an ankle attachment.
    Sit on the bench.
    Flex at the knee and pull your ankle straight back.
  • Bring a bench over to the cable stack, put the cable all the way at the bottom. Use an ankle attachment.
    Lay on the bench.
    Flex at the knee and pull your ankle straight back.