Leg Exercises : Stiff-Legged Dead Lifts

[jareds1007]

i feel like this exercise is a scam....all it does is stretch and break the hams? cause i want them stronger....this seems like a back exercise and i can never get it to give me that burn in the hams that i'm really looking for.

[SOULJAJOE010]

@jareds1007 wow you sound like a newbie, if an excercise is capable of stretching a targeted muscle then that is one crazy excercise, and this is a compound movement. secondly breaking down muscles makes them come back stronger, ... 'stronger' thirdly yes there is tension in your back but your suppose to use your hamstring to pull you body not you hip flexor

[jareds1007]

@SOULJAJOE010 i am for lower body def. a newb. , i just don't get this and i dont get lunges....i keep trying them and i've known about them for a couple years, i just can't get a burn in my hamstrings doing it....but i see what you mean use the ham to pull yourself up...there a vid with dorian yates that helped me get closer..since i'm just getting back into it...i have soreness in my hams so i must have done something right somewhere...just never felt a BURN.

[samm1809]

@jareds1007 how do you think muscle builds? resistance exercises are ABOUT breaking the muscles because more muscle is rebuilt during the recovery.

[jareds1007]

@samm1809 that had nothing to do with what i was saying, but thanks for trying.

[samm1809]

@jareds1007 Sorry, I get what you mean now. Yeah I don't feel it either, that's why I use the leg curl machine on my bench for hamstrings.

[AdamRezz]

is this the same as the romanian deadlift?

[Enanurri]

@khaalid110 no man, in this exercise the legs stay straight during the whole execution, you dont bend them like in regular deadlift. Also you must focus on lifting the weight using your hams and avoid using lower back.

[Enanurri]

Pretty good exercise. It's in my current leg workout, I use it as the first hamstring movement and then I go to the seated hamstrings machine.

Thanks for the advices.

[hollywoodundead72]

well done.



[TheDezert]

this trains the back

[DidYouSeeTheSunrise]

Lol he looks like he doesn't know what he's talking about

[fuzzjohn]

It seems that this week, Sam Beckett has leaped into the body of a personal trainer.

[DanTUtilize]

he's hot hehe

[JayEffector]

do you use your back to pull the weights or use the legs to push the weights to the upward position?

[valkyrie9002]

@JayEffector

STIFF legged deadlift

[fellintooblivion]

When returning to the starting position should the weight be carried mostly by the arms or back?

[SmexyPC]

great video thanks for the demonstration, really helped me get started using them as an assistance work for my conventional deadlifts. again, thanks

[Arz0rs]

Good video , thanks!

[michael125333]

as that guy said earlier, what is the diffarence between this and romanian deadlifts...

[Nasrudin06]

@michael125333 @MetaIhead89 Romanian Deadlifts are performed from a heightened position to use the stretch reflex while lifting. Contrary to any other deadlift, it starts with the eccentric component and the weight is lifted without lowering the bar to the ground. Stiff Legged deadlifts are basically RDLs (lower legs approx. perpendicular to the ground, knees slightly bent depending on your proportions and stuff) but the weight is liftet from the ground - no stretch reflex here.

[aalexcp]

@Warpath2198 No, they are different. Look it up.

[MetaIhead89]

how is this different from Romanian deadlift?

[ExotiC225]

good vid but we can´t see your legs

[redrosecross]

I heard its back to lift with your back. They say, "Lift with your knees." Should I be worried?

[spraggabenz777]

this isnt a stiff legged deadlift. This is a romanian deadlift.

[Auto0725]

@spraggabenz777 It's the same thing.

[Pezoula462]

@spraggabenz777

I thought Romanian Deadlift was with the bar on your back while bending over.

[blackthought11]

@Pezoula462 You thought wrong. That's a barbell hack squat.

[Pezoula462]

@blackthought11  With your legs straight?

[buckeye91111]

Dude you dont have any muscles. I'll get my advise from a guy who's actually built muscles before

[100089295]

Wearing pants for explaining (arguably) one of the most difficult exercises to perform with good form = FAIL

[SteveSmith26]

@100089295 How is this fail you idiot? He only uses 45 pounds.

[imthamouth]

@SteveSmith26 It's a fail because someone like myself is on here looking at his form, and wishing I could see his knee area a little better.

[rajasmasala]

@imthamouth How is the knee area an issue? In this case the knees don't need to cross the toe, you can see that just from the vid. There's a slight bend, to avoid damaging the knee, as he said. The point is the hamstring stretch.

[imthamouth]

@rajasmasala And it wasn't an issue for me specifically, because I already knew the right form from reading about it, I just wanted to see it done right before I tried it. I just personally find it more helpful to be able to see the areas where the small form details are the most crucial. Yeah, you can tell his knees are bent, but I think it's helpful to see the legs when a leg exercise is being demonstrated. :)

[rajasmasala]

@100089295 If you're halfway competent I don't see how that would be any danger unless someone really runs into you. I don't get your problem.

[Tehui1974]

I remember doing this exercise as part of rehab when I did my hamstring. I found it a very boring exercise to do, but each to their own I guess

[daveyboysmith21]

bigbang3214; you are not smart, we know what he meant in his explanation. You are not witty or cool. I doubt you train legs; I'm thinking biceps twice a week and the occasional bench press performed incorrectly.

[Tolaaaaaaaaaaa]

hello, i got a question. Its normal to hurt the back part of the knee?

[TheRugbyidiot]

@Tolaaaaaaaaaaa No, definetely not. You probably are keeping your legs too straight. The hips are pushed pack in this exercise and consequently, the knees bend slightly (not enough to track over the toes). If the legs are too straight, the tension goes to the tendons of the hamstring & calf area , behind the knee. That is dangerous and unproductive.

[TheTertullian]

yeah stiff means not lock the knees but keep them stiff, if u look close at this cat you will see he's bending them on the lower part..

[dweenlander]

Neither fish nor fowl this one: the legs were not actually stiff (there was quite a bit of movement) and the stance was a little wide for really hitting the hams, but nor was there enough movement to make it a Romanian deadlift. I used to do stiff legged deadlifts like this, and got some benefit from it; however, stiff legs and a three-inch stance makes it a much more effective excercise.

[Dunemouse]

great explanation, thanks. 

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[eurohim]

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[bingbang3214]

its not contrary to the name. Even though your legs are bent your keeping them stiff. its called a stiff legged deadlift not a straight legged deadlift.

[theAYLEEYUN]

wise guy

[themaggot1986]

I'm happy you cleared that up. For a second I wasn't sure if I could deadlift because the name didn't make sense.

[llGtPhshll]

@bingbang3214 jesus... ass

[lahoreplayer]

Thanks man well explained