Originally Posted by nikegurl

i believe your hamstrings are actually suppossed to be stronger than your quads.

Originally Posted by FishOrCutBait

Theres even that little diamond thingy...

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

If you're going for strength, I'd definitely recommend SLDLs. I can hardly get any weight on the bar with GMs because the bar rolls onto the back of my head (not very pleasant). Both of them use the back as a dynamic stabilizer, at the very least. Why not work your lower back with deadlifts anyways, or would it conflict with your lower back workout?

Originally Posted by ALBOB

I think it's the other way around.

Hamstrings = Biceps (Bend the knee = bend the elbow)
Quads = Triceps (Straighten the knee = straighten the elbow)

Triceps are bigger and stronger than Biceps in your arms, therefore the same would be true in your legs.

Originally Posted by CowPimp

You're putting the bar in the wrong place when you do GMs. The bar should rest on your rear delts like a PL squat, not on your traps like during an olympic squat.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

If you're going for strength, I'd definitely recommend SLDLs. I can hardly get any weight on the bar with GMs because the bar rolls onto the back of my head (not very pleasant). Both of them use the back as a dynamic stabilizer, at the very least. Why not work your lower back with deadlifts anyways, or would it conflict with your lower back workout?

Originally Posted by Stewart20

same problem with the gm's here too, my neck kills after the bar rolls onto it.

Originally Posted by Stewart20

i do have deadlifts in my program, however, I pull sumo style, and the majority of the stress feels like it's in my inner thighs and back, not so much in the hamstrings, although I am sure they ARE being worked. I would love to do SLDLs which I am currently doing, but I think I have flexibilty issues so my lower back gets quite a workout from them, moreso than my hamstrings. the only hamstring exercise I am really strong on is hamstring curls, but I know the hams perform the curling motion, but also hip bending, so I want to do a sldl/gm type movement.

same problem with the gm's here too, my neck kills after the bar rolls onto it.