Glute - Ham Raises on Lat Pulldown

[Tom_B]

I tried doing Glute - Ham raises for the first time today .. problem is , is that the seat on the Lat pulldown is really small , so when I get in postion my knees went over the edge of the seat slightly .. I can move them back a little bit more so there just behind the edge of the seat but when I do the exercise because of where my knees are postioned it puts a little strain on my knees ..
I know my knees are suppos to be half way on the seat but since I can't do that , should I do them with the knees slightly over , or with them slightly behind the edge?

 

[LAM]

you need to do them on the low pulley

 

[Tom_B]

How would I do them on the low Pulley .. I thought you could only do them on the Lat pulldown or the seated calf machine (which isn't an option becuase the seated calf machine is right up against a wall .. )

I did them like this
http://www.bsu.edu/webapps/strengthlab/Home.htm
except with the whole knee issue ..

 

[LAM]

my bad, I was thinking of pull-throughs

 

[Cold Iron]

I tried doing Glute - Ham raises for the first time today .. problem is , is that the seat on the Lat pulldown is really small , so when I get in postion my knees went over the edge of the seat slightly .. I can move them back a little bit more so there just behind the edge of the seat but when I do the exercise because of where my knees are postioned it puts a little strain on my knees ..
I know my knees are suppos to be half way on the seat but since I can't do that , should I do them with the knees slightly over , or with them slightly behind the edge?

What ever feels better and gives you less problems.. They would be more challening with your knee hanging over, which is how I would do them..as long as the edge doesnt dig into you shin too badly

 

[BulkMeUp]

I did them like this
http://www.bsu.edu/webapps/strengthlab/Home.htm
except with the whole knee issue ..

That link only stays at the home page. use this to get the link from the address bar for a specific exercise. http://www.bsu.edu/webapps/strengthlab/exercise.asp

 

[Tom_B]

What ever feels better and gives you less problems.. They would be more challening with your knee hanging over, which is how I would do them..as long as the edge doesnt dig into you shin too badly

Ok thanks , I think I'll do them with my knees hanging over slightly , it's the most comfortable anyways.

 

[Tom_B]

That link only stays at the home page. use this to get the link from the address bar for a specific exercise. http://www.bsu.edu/webapps/strengthlab/exercise.asp

can you not give a link to the exercise with that site? I tried again and when you go through all the different pages the url dosen't change

 

[BulkMeUp]

can you not give a link to the exercise with that site? I tried again and when you go through all the different pages the url dosen't change

It changed for me (use the link http://www.bsu.edu/webapps/strengthlab/exercise.asp to locate the exercise for the link directly to that exercise. Not the home.asp page)


here you go : http://www.bsu.edu/webapps/strengthlab/exdetails.asp?exid=177

 

[JNeX71]

If you have a partner you could try doin the glute/ham like this http://www.physev.com/athleticspartnerghq.htm
It would probly save some stress on your knees