Thread: Straight-Leg Deads

a lot of pros claim this exercise doesnt really pack mass but helps them pull out striations in their hams when preparing for a show....i do them sometimes for lower back work but i prefer regular deads by far...love them deads

Originally Posted by Nate K

Do straight leg deadlifts work the hams and ass significantly less opposed to regular strict form deadlifts.

no, if anything they hit the hams, glutes, lower back more because you are taking knee extension out of the equation (knee extension=quads).

And it's stiff-legged, not straight-legged. Doing them with straight legs puts too much stress on the knees; bend your knees slightly and keep them the same throughout the movement.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

And it's stiff-legged, not straight-legged.

It's straight leg dead lifts. but w/e who cares and umm there used mostly for lower back.. nothing else.

Originally Posted by dAMvN

It's straight leg dead lifts. but w/e who cares and umm there used mostly for lower back.. nothing else.

Nonsense. The title straight leg is misleading, because if you keep your legs totally straight you risk hyperextending your knees. You want to keep your knees slightly bent to prevent this from happening. As well, your entire posterior chain gets a good workout from this movement, not just your erector spinae.

If you do stiff/straight-legged deads and DONT feel it in your glutes and hams ALOT something is wrong. I generally add a couple of sets of these to the end of my deadlift routine to really burn up the back side.

I perform SLDL's as assistants work for my squats and (full) deadlifts. They are great for the hammies and erector's (the enitre posterior chain basically).

According to this website, there are "straight" leg deadlifts and "stiff" leg deadlifts. I always thought they were the same thing.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...gDeadlift.html

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...gDeadlift.html

Originally Posted by CowPimp

Nonsense. The title straight leg is misleading, because if you keep your legs totally straight you risk hyperextending your knees. You want to keep your knees slightly bent to prevent this from happening. As well, your entire posterior chain gets a good workout from this movement, not just your erector spinae.

You mean your knees should never lock out? I've never done SLDLs before but many on this board think quite highly of them so I may give them a shot.