Your best hamstring exercise??

[bhumik]

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

 

[DarkWarrior]

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]

Whats a hamtractor??

 

[GoneForever]

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]

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

 

[Anti_hero]

SLDL

 

[abadseal]

DB stiff leg hands down.

 

[MilitaryMuscle]

DB leg curls or stiff's

 

[cannibal]

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]

squats

 

[Shelby]

squats

yah, squats.

 

[MilitaryMuscle]

yah, squats.

yupp, forgot squats

 

[vadim_b1]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Step-ups on a bench w/weights

 

[Ashop]

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]

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