The reason this toe - raising technique is so effective for the stiff -
legged deadlift comes straight from biomechanics and anatomy.
Not exact matches
The first thing you need to do if you want to get a big pair of traps and big back is to start doing Deadlifts.When it
comes to building strength and mass nothing can beat the
Deadlift.When done the right way the
deadlift will build strength and muscle mass in your traps, upper back, lower back, and
legs.
A nice variation on my usual heavy barbell
deadlift, with these I keep my
legs very straight,
come down to really feel a hamstring stretch and then
come up to not quite straight to keep tension on them.
3x 10 L / R Single
Leg deadlift / squat combo (light weight — it's the balancing muscles we're engaging here)-- > hold the dumbbells at your sides and balancing on one
leg,
come into
deadlift position.
Hey Mick I like the routine just wanted to know if the squats can be substituted with
leg press on days that the
deadlift comes before it.
Next, using a «stiff -
legged deadlift» movement, lift the dumbbell off the floor,
come up to ALMOST vertical (don't
come to fully vertical so that you maintain tension in the lower back muscles).
There is not a single exercise out there that can even
come close to matching the effectiveness of a basic, bent -
legged barbell
deadlift.
I prefer doing
deadlifts with a bar, not that you can't do them using dumbbells, but bar is the right choice when it
comes to this sexy
legs exercise.