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Title: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: escrima on May 31, 2020, 07:58:23 AM
I need a great programm to bring up my lagging Hammies. so i am currently doing stiff legged deadlifts & Lying leg curls. should i add seated leg curls?
Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: IroNat on May 31, 2020, 08:12:19 AM
Train your hamstrings first in your workout when you are fresh.

3 sets of each exercise you mentioned should be more than enough. 8-12 reps per set.

The Weider Priority Principle.
Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: Hypertrophy on May 31, 2020, 08:18:30 AM
I need a great programm to bring up my lagging Hammies. so i am currently doing stiff legged deadlifts & Lying leg curls. should i add seated leg curls?

SDL but not going too heavy. That shifts it to lower back too easily. I tried lying and seated leg curls for years with little to show for it. Changed to SDLs but with a weight where I felt it only in my hamstrings and I have added 2" in about 1.5-2 years.
Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: escrima on May 31, 2020, 08:22:45 AM
SDL but not going too heavy. That shifts it to lower back too easily. I tried lying and seated leg curls for years with little to show for it. Changed to SDLs but with a weight where I felt it only in my hamstrings and I have added 2" in about 1.5-2 years.
seated leg curls i never really feel. I think you´re correct on the stiff Legged Deadlifts. will go for 15 reps & squeeze like fuck
Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: che on May 31, 2020, 08:23:08 AM
I need a great programm to bring up my lagging Hammies. so i am currently doing stiff legged deadlifts & Lying leg curls. should i add seated leg curls?



Try this ,you can thank me later



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Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: LurkerNoMore on May 31, 2020, 08:36:02 AM
Wide stance (semi sumo) stiff legged deadlifts

Wider stance stiff legged dead lifts with dumbbells, but you go down to left foot, down to center, down to right foot, down to center, repeat

One leg ham curls supersetted with one leg stiff deads with a dumbbell.
Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: friedchickendinner on May 31, 2020, 08:44:58 AM
I certainly feel seated leg curls and lyign leg curls

I think people dont do them as serious as they could, if people treated it the way they do squats they might get a better result

Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: Walter Sobchak on May 31, 2020, 08:52:27 AM
I need a great programm to bring up my lagging Hammies. so i am currently doing stiff legged deadlifts & Lying leg curls. should i add seated leg curls?

Bend over further at the waist when you’re working at the gloryhole. It worked wonders for Go4It.
Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: escrima on May 31, 2020, 08:55:04 AM
Bend over further at the waist when you’re working at the gloryhole. It worked wonders for Go4It.
I am looking for serious comments bro. not gay talk.
Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: Walter Sobchak on May 31, 2020, 09:05:28 AM
I am looking for serious comments bro. not gay talk.

Blow Goodrum, gimmick.
Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: Thin Lizzy on May 31, 2020, 09:10:13 AM
Sprinting gives you a powerful stretch/reflex contraction in the hams.




Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: oldtimer1 on May 31, 2020, 09:39:36 AM
Always felt standing leg curls the best.
Title: Re: Hammies
Post by: Humble Narcissist on May 31, 2020, 10:45:05 AM


Try this ,you can thank me later



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would hit
Title: Re: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: Walter Sobchak on May 31, 2020, 10:47:18 AM
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Title: Re: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: Humble Narcissist on May 31, 2020, 10:52:19 AM
I'll bet Bob regrets the day he did that photoshoot.
Title: Re: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: CT_Muscle on May 31, 2020, 01:08:52 PM
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I mean look at the expression on Bob's face  :D :D :D
Title: Re: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: prowlermaniac on May 31, 2020, 02:21:25 PM
Give hamstrings their own workout.  Do something like the following;

Seated ham curl 6 working sets
Leg press (feet wide, toes off the pad drive through heels) 5-6 working sets
Lying hamstring curl 3 sets, last set being 3x drop with partials to failure
Stiff leg deadlift 4 working sets

Not sure what you’re doing nutrition wise but id increase caloric intake on this day.  a fast acting slin pre/post workout will certainly help , not much maybe 4ius and work up to 6-8 both pre/post.  This along with something like HBCD 75-100g during your workout. 

I did something similar to this before one of my shows.  My legs blew UP but I was also crawling out of the gym every leg workout
Title: Re: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: escrima on June 06, 2020, 06:57:36 AM
I never start stiff deads off the floor & i remember some guys did them standing off a bench. What is the benefit of starting of the floor? if any.. he talks of a reflex?(in the other video RDL)

Title: Re: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: escrima on June 06, 2020, 07:00:23 AM
Title: Re: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: Hypertrophy on June 06, 2020, 11:02:05 AM
I never start stiff deads off the floor & i remember some guys did them standing off a bench. What is the benefit of starting of the floor? if any.. he talks of a reflex?(in the other video RDL)


I found no benefit from starting SDLs from the floor. I often do them in a power rack with the pins set just below my shins. Also, I never stand up completely straight on each rep. Your hamstrings will burn like crazy if you do that!
Title: Re: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: escrima on June 06, 2020, 11:06:29 AM
I found no benefit from starting SDLs from the floor. I often do them in a power rack with the pins set just below my shins. Also, I never stand up completely straight on each rep. Your hamstrings will burn like crazy if you do that!
Ok thanks, I always come all the way up tensing my erectors, glutes but yeah keeping tension also makes sense if hammies are a priority.
Title: Re: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: oldtimer1 on June 06, 2020, 01:56:43 PM
Looking at those two videos all I can think of they are doing those movements to supplement the powerlifting deadlift. A good way for a body builder to do it is the way Grimek did them. Use a platform block and if you have a lot of balance and can do it off  a bench is another way. I like a block. You can get a lot of hamstring and lower back stretch. I know some will say rounding the back is bad for your spine. I never had a problem but that might not by your experience.
Title: Re: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 06, 2020, 05:06:30 PM
Looking at those two videos all I can think of they are doing those movements to supplement the powerlifting deadlift. A good way for a body builder to do it is the way Grimek did them. Use a platform block and if you have a lot of balance and can do it off  a bench is another way. I like a block. You can get a lot of hamstring and lower back stretch. I know some will say rounding the back is bad for your spine. I never had a problem but that might not by your experience.
Those old time bodybuilders like Grimek were very athletic compared to today's crew.
Title: Re: Hammies - Need a program to bring them up
Post by: escrima on June 07, 2020, 02:46:08 AM
Looking at those two videos all I can think of they are doing those movements to supplement the powerlifting deadlift. A good way for a body builder to do it is the way Grimek did them. Use a platform block and if you have a lot of balance and can do it off  a bench is another way. I like a block. You can get a lot of hamstring and lower back stretch. I know some will say rounding the back is bad for your spine. I never had a problem but that might not by your experience.
yes i have seen old pictures with this. Looks very dangerous though. I go to about mid shin position. As pointed out by Humble Narcissist they were indeed much more athletic back in the day. Even until Tom Platz but i don´t want to injure myself. rip my balls or something  ;D