Sentences with phrase «performing stiff leg»

Use slightly bent knees (or go very light if you are performing stiff leg deadlifts or Romanian deadlifts).

Not exact matches

Performed correctly, this exercise has the potential to isolate the hamstrings better than more popular muscle mass builders like the stiff - legged deadlift.

For Stiff - Legged Deadlifts only perform a «heavy» day on the first training day of the week - on the other two days have «light» days for Stiff - Legged Deadlifts (again, using about 70 % of your «heavy» day weights).

If your legs are stiff and inflexible, it will limit your ability to perform this exercise with good form.

Performing these too stiff - legged will not only compromise the benefits associated with this movement but will also engrain a faulty hinge pattern.

It's the top 1/4 of the Stiff - Legged Deadlift movement, done in the power rack but with a very important focus... instead of focusing on the hamstrings, you'll instead be pulling your back into a highly - contracted position THEN performing the movement.

• Perform 20 + total reps of single leg work per week → Single leg squats, step ups, single leg stiff legged deadlift, walking lunges, split squats, or rear foot elevated split squats

They reported that medial gastrocnemius muscle activity was superior when performing the stiff - legged deadlift compared to the conventional deadlift, although the actual difference was very small (108 vs. 104 % of MVIC).

I do the same thing to perform the stiff - legged deadlift as well as bent over rows and shrugs.

Squats, leg presses, lunges, stiff - legged deadlifts... Did you ever notice how incredibly challenging and downright gut wrenching these exercises can be when performed to a high level of intensity?