Sliding Floor Bridge Curl on Towel

Perform the sliding floor bridge curl on a towel to engage your hamstrings and glutes while also working your biceps.

  1. Start by lying on your back with your feet on a towel, knees bent.
  2. Lift your hips off the ground into a bridge position.
  3. While maintaining the bridge, curl your arms to bring your hands towards your shoulders.
  4. Slowly lower your arms back to the starting position while keeping your hips elevated.
  5. Lower your hips back to the ground to complete one rep.

How to perform the Sliding Floor Bridge Curl on Towel

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Sliding Floor Bridge Curl on Towel using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your hamstrings.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your hamstrings rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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