Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Dead lift

oxdp954
oxdp954
Posts: 38
Joined: 2003/03/12
United States
2003/04/23, 10:26 AM
I'm an enormous proponent of the straight leg dead lift. Recently a friend of mine suggested that I try bent leg dead lifts. He said it worked the lower back area more then the hamstring area. Is this true?

So what are the advantages of using "bent leg" instead of straight leg dead lifts? Just curious.
Arnold
Arnold
Posts: 1,112
Joined: 2000/11/27
Canada
2003/04/23, 11:56 AM
oxpd954,

straigh leg deadlifts will target your hamstrings moreso over bent leg. Bent leg will focus slightly more on your lower back muscles. Remember that the bottom portion of the exercise or either movement will focuse on your legs.. primarily hamstrings, then the top of the movement it will be moreso on your lower back as you straighten out your torso..

Good Luck, the best way is to experiment.

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