Leg Extension & Leg Curl Machines

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Leg Extension and Curl Machines for Sale: Isolate the Quads and Hamstrings A leg extension machine, sometimes called a quad extension, seats you with a pad against the shins and loads the quadriceps as you straighten the knee. A hamstring curl machine loads the other side of the thigh, bending the knee against a pad, and comes in seated, prone and kneeling versions. Some of the machines here do one of those jobs. Others do both. Should the Leg Extension Be Plate Loaded or Selectorized? Selectorized, if the machine itself is what you are judging. A stack gives a better strength curve and holds resistance through the whole movement, and it goes heavier than a plate loaded machine practically can, because there is only so much that fits on a weight horn. Stacks on these run past 300 pounds. Changing the weight is a one-second job as well, which matters when more than one person is training or you are stripping weight through a drop set. Plate loaded wins on price, and in a home gym that is usually what decides it. It is not a budget category on its own, though: the Pro Clubline, TKO Signature and Muscle D plate loaded machines are commercial equipment and are priced that way. Our own range shows the split with nothing else changing. The GCEC340 and the Pro Select GCEC-STK are the same machine, one plate loaded and one with the stack. Anyone buying for a gym rather than a home is almost always looking at the selectorized version. Seated, Prone or Kneeling: How Hamstring Curl Machines Differ Extensions are done one way. Hamstring curls come in three positions, and the machine you buy decides which one you get. A seated curl keeps the hip flexed and you work with your back against a pad. A prone curl has you face down with the hip straight. A kneeling curl works from an upright position and takes the least floor of the three. In a home gym this comes down to which combination machine you buy, because that is what decides the curl you get. The GCEC340 pairs a seated extens