Stiff-Legged Dead Lifts

Video Transcript

"So for the next leg exercise here we are going to be doing a really good one. It is a compound exercise and it is going to be targeting mostly the hamstrings. Again it is a compound exercise so you are going to be hitting other body parts as well. You are going to be hitting the forearms, back, traps, gluts so everything really adds. So with this one I like to use an underhand grip because you are going heavy but you can use your overhand grip if you need to though and again you are going to lock that stomach and it is really important on this one and you are going to come out and for the stiff legged dead lift you are going to be actually with a slight bend in the knees contrary to the name and again the feet are pointed straight ahead, the knees are over the feet pointed straight ahead and you are going to come down and basically what you are doing is just getting a nice stretch in the hamstrings except it is a stretch with weight so you are actually just going to be ripping those muscle fibers apart so again keep that stomach locked and actually you will be straight all the way through and you are looking up and not looking down and come down and get that stretch in the hamstring and right back up. I see a lot of people who have a tendency to come back up like this which is putting an unnecessary stress on the vertebrates in the lower back if you do that. Just come right here just straight up and you should be good. So again this is a nice finisher towards the end of the work out but just to get that stretch in the hamstring but it could also be used in the middle and you will want to go ahead and go heavier just to get and build some mass under those hamstrings so it would work either way."