The researchers found that the single
leg deadlift produced 59 percent activation in the gluteus maximus and 58 percent activation in the glute medius.
Not exact matches
Deadlift variations
produce largely similar gastrocnemius muscle activity, although they are most effective in the order sumo > conventional > stiff -
legged.
For example, lifting
legs (e.g., squats,
deadlifts, etc.) causes your body to
produce tremendous amounts of testosterone, which aid in building
leg muscles, but also the muscle groups you worked the day before (and tomorrow's muscle group).
The squat and
deadlift exercise
produce superior erector spinae muscle activity compared to unloaded core exercises such as the front and side plank, superman and quadruped arm - and -
leg lift regardless of the stability requirement.
So exercises that involve less knee extension (hip thrusts,
deadlifts, pull throughs and back extensions) will tend to
produce much greater hip muscle activation than those that involve more knee extension (squats, lunges, and
leg presses), although there are other factors involved of course!
Comparing the stiff -
legged deadlift with the
leg curl and back squat, Wright et al. (1999) found that there was little difference between the stiff -
legged deadlift and the
leg curl but both the stiff -
legged deadlift and
leg curl
produced greater hamstrings muscle activity than the back squat.