Legs · Cable
Cable Assisted Inverse Leg Curl
How to do the cable assisted inverse leg curl, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Kneel with your feet anchored and a cable set low behind you to assist the lift. Keeping your body in a straight line from knees to head, lower your torso toward the floor by lengthening your hamstrings, then pull yourself back up as the cable assists. Catch with your hands if needed.
- 1Feel your hamstrings load hard as you lower toward the floor
- 2Keep your hips extended and body in a straight line
- 3Let the cable assist just enough to control the descent
Common mistakes
- Don't bend at the hips to cheat the rep
- Avoid dropping fast; control the lowering phase
- Don't let your lower back arch or your hips pike
Muscles worked
The cable assisted inverse leg curl mainly works the hamstrings, with the glutes and calves assisting.
- HamstringsPrimary
- GlutesSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- QuadsMinor
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More hamstrings exercises
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- How to do the leg curl
- How to do the dumbbell rdl
- How to do the glute ham raise
- How to do the jefferson curl
- How to do the leg swings
Last reviewed June 2026.