Sentences with phrase «stiff during the deadlifts»

Make sure to keep your legs stiff during the deadlifts.

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If you find you STILL can't get it, another trick I like to use is to do a set of stiff - legged deadlifts right before squatting... not heavy, but just enough to «wake up» the hamstrings and get them activated so they're easier to feel in this squat movement (you could potentially even do a light set of leg curls if you also can't feel your hams during Stiff - Legged Deadlifts, stiff - legged deadlifts right before squatting... not heavy, but just enough to «wake up» the hamstrings and get them activated so they're easier to feel in this squat movement (you could potentially even do a light set of leg curls if you also can't feel your hams during Stiff - Legged Deadlifdeadlifts right before squatting... not heavy, but just enough to «wake up» the hamstrings and get them activated so they're easier to feel in this squat movement (you could potentially even do a light set of leg curls if you also can't feel your hams during Stiff - Legged Deadlifts, Stiff - Legged DeadliftsDeadlifts, too).

By stretching the hamstrings at both the hip joint and the knee joint (from stretching the calves), you literally force your hamstrings to activate strongly during the stiff - legged deadlift movement.

Ono et al. (2011) assessed hamstrings EMG amplitude during a stiff - legged deadlift and reported that the EMG amplitudes of the biceps femoris and of the semimembranosus were significantly higher than that of the semitendinosus.

In addition, Bezerra et al. (2013) compared the hamstrings EMG amplitude during the deadlift and stiff - legged deadlift and also reported no differences between the two variations.

Schoenfeld et al. (2015) explored the EMG amplitude of the proximal (upper) and distal (lower) regions of the medial and lateral hamstrings during the stiff - legged deadlift and the lying leg curl exercises in resistance - trained males.