One of my favourite things about regularly going to physio–aside from the fact that the regular check-ins keep me motivated to do my at-home physio–is learning new things.
Monday night I learned a new exercise that I am going to add to my regular repertoire–the reverse nordic curl.
I learned it at physio and then went home and googled it immediately because it was new to me and not that much in the gym is new to me! I found this The Reverse Nordic Curl: The Greatest Exercise That You’re Not Doing (Yet).
What is it? “The reverse Nordic curl is a body-weight exercise which mainly works the quadriceps and hip flexors. It has a large eccentric component, meaning the muscles are working whilst lengthening.”
Why do it?
Here are six reasons from the article linked above:
- 1. It is great for developing quadriceps strength.
- 2. It works all four of the quadriceps.
- 3. It massively improves hip flexor and quadriceps mobility.
- 4. It is brilliant for improving quadriceps size.
- 5. It can help reduce injury risk.
- 6. It can help reduce low-back pain.
I’ll let you know how it goes. So far it feels good!
Intriguing. And another thing on the list of “do this every day”–which currently has far more than 24 hours worth of things I ought to be doing. So hard to choose.