hamstrings by deads only

Ive been wondering how exactly do the hamstrings get worked when doing stiff legged deads?

Its mostly a upper ham and glute movement...you have to really get a feel for it to do it right...

I do it get my glute/ham tie in's

Chris250 said:

Its mostly a upper ham and glute movement...you have to really get a feel for it to do it right...

I do it get my glute/ham tie in's

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agreed. I like doing them and the roman style.

agreed and dont use too much weight alot of people pound on the weight and they end up damn near doing a reg. dead lift. I try to get a good stretch and use only the hams/ glutes to pull up.

like others have said, it took me years to perfect the form. dont do what you see others doing, you gotta feel it.

ex: I got long arms, so I tend to get on an elevated platform and start with the bar almost touching my toes, then pull up (through the glutes and hams) to about my knees. any higher and pressure goes from glutes/hams to back. But guys with shorter/normal length arms probably need to go up past the knees and only go down to the ankles. Big mind-muscle connection needed here.

Stiff-legs have been in damn near every one of my ham/glute workouts. The best tips I could give would be to push your ass backwards as far as you can to get the best stretch, and concentrate your ass off to focus on bringing the weight back up with your glutes. I clench at the top and don't lock out like a regular dead lift, I'm kinda leaning forward still.