Your best hamstring exercise??

bhumik · Jun 30, 2008

self explanatory. If there was one exercise to select to BLOW UP your Hams whhich one would you choose?

DarkWarrior · Jun 30, 2008

Stiff legged deadlifts, hamtractor, cant really make up my mind as to which is best but I cant go without doing stiff legged deadlifts.

bhumik · Jun 30, 2008

Whats a hamtractor??

GoneForever · Jun 30, 2008

stiff leg'd for me. I just have the top 1/4 of my feet on a 2x4 so they are slightly raised, and keep a very slight bend to my knees. Hammies hurt for days.

DarkWarrior · Jun 30, 2008

Seated hamstring exercise machine, alot like the lying hamstring curl but seated.

Anti_hero · Jun 30, 2008

abadseal · Jun 30, 2008

DB stiff leg hands down.

MilitaryMuscle · Jun 30, 2008

DB leg curls or stiff's

cannibal · Jun 30, 2008

I am a fan of the goodmornings over stiff leg deadlift, same movement at the hips, but reduces any shoulder rounding as the weight increases.
I love them.

tatteredxangelx · Jun 30, 2008

squats

Shelby · Jun 30, 2008

tatteredxangelx said:
squats

yah, squats.

MilitaryMuscle · Jun 30, 2008

!berserker said:
yah, squats.

yupp, forgot squats

vadim_b1 · Jun 30, 2008

Glute-ham raises, by far

you can do them on a lat pulldown, using the weight stack for assistance if they are too tough to do unassisted (and they will be for most people trying to do them first time around)
The whole musculature responsible for thigh flexion is heavily stimulated.

btech · Jun 30, 2008

MilitaryMuscle said:
yupp, forgot squats

DEFINITELY a good one

SLDL's as well.

Anyone here a fan of the sumo hack squat? (heels at top of foot pad, rest of the foot is off the pad). I love this exercise - pushing some heavy weight here.

Delcoda · Jun 30, 2008

vadim_b1 said:
Glute-ham raises, by far

you can do them on a lat pulldown, using the weight stack for assistance if they are too tough to do unassisted (and they will be for most people trying to do them first time around)
The whole musculature responsible for thigh flexion is heavily stimulated.

Terrific exercise! Works very well.

Mr_Magoo · Jun 30, 2008

fourthgen said:
stiff leg'd for me. I just have the top 1/4 of my feet on a 2x4 so they are slightly raised, and keep a very slight bend to my knees. Hammies hurt for days.

interesting idea, gonna give it a shot at some point but gotta agree with vadim, GHR is the best IMO followed by deads

powerrack · Jun 30, 2008

fourthgen said:
stiff leg'd for me. I just have the top 1/4 of my feet on a 2x4 so they are slightly raised, and keep a very slight bend to my knees. Hammies hurt for days.

I have been doing it exactly this way for a while now, it kind of gets the hamstrings in a stretch position without having to exaggerate the range of motion, so in a way it's safer too.

Mr.G · Jun 30, 2008

Step-ups on a bench w/weights

Ashop · Jul 1, 2008

bhumik said:
self explanatory. If there was one exercise to select to BLOW UP your Hams whhich one would you choose?

stiff legged deadlifts hit mine hard. heavy weight,,,great stretch.

gooey · Jul 1, 2008

for me...

leg curls all day, I usually do seated, laying, and standing leg curls, drop sets and what not. I think Stiff make ur hammies wider in in ur inner leg, but that hanging meat on ur side poses is all from curls!

goo