Question to Coach

[Coach is Back!]

Yes..quit calling me liar and I'll tell you.

[cross-of-iron]

Coach knows his shit. Oh, and for the real men there's good mornings.

[Overbulkedguy]

Coach knows his shit. Oh, and for the real men there's good mornings.

Good mornings are a muthah fuckah. Love um though.

[Coach is Back!]

We do good mornings but most of the time we'll use a jump band.

[dustin]

must have been some walk.

LMFAO.. don't be coy. This kind of injury from a mere walk is pretty pussy. I make an effort to be relatively athletic and functional but too little too late. I just tell people I wrestled a moose and lost my footing.

Yes..quit calling me liar and I'll tell you.

Never! This is the thunderdome. I don't believe anything you say regarding drugs nor find any similarities in our political alignment. However you've proven to be a serious ass trainer of real athletes. I'll keep these advices in mind. You have lucky trainees.

[Coach is Back!]

Thank you. Obama still sucks tho

[Stavios]

Liar Coach has what looks to be like some of the best athletic advices. My hams could use some work as well.

Last winter I walked around a frozen lake a pinched a nerve in my lower back because of my weak hams and freezing weather. I train them but not as well as I could.

Anymore advices?

LMFAO

sorry coach

[Stavios]

Coach knows his shit. Oh, and for the real men there's good mornings.

He is one of the few guys I would ask for a training "program"

bodybuilders don't know shit about physiology

if I hurt myself I wouldn't ask a bodybuilder how to train around the injury haha

[Stavios]

LMFAO.. don't be coy. This kind of injury from a mere walk is pretty pussy. I make an effort to be relatively athletic and functional but too little too late. I just tell people I wrestled a moose and lost my footing.

Never! This is the thunderdome. I don't believe anything you say regarding drugs nor find any similarities in our political alignment. However you've proven to be a serious ass trainer of real athletes. I'll keep these advices in mind. You have lucky trainees.

hahaha I am dying here 

[coltrane]

Work your hams before your quads too. 

1.  Standing leg curls.
2.  Laying leg curls.
3.  Stiff-legged DLs.

Then start your quad workout.  A lot of the time when you hit quads first, your hams get a little stress, and ultimately, by the time you start direct work on them, they're already too tired out.

This applies to those of you who hit quads/hams on the same day.

[Coach is Back!]

Work your hams before your quads too. 

1.  Standing leg curls.
2.  Laying leg curls.
3.  Stiff-legged DLs.

Then start your quad workout.  A lot of the time when you hit quads first, your hams get a little stress, and ultimately, by the time you start direct work on them, they're already too tired out.

This applies to those of you who hit quads/hams on the same day.

Except for the SLDL's you have all machine work. Again, machines that isolate on a functional scale of 1-10 are about a 2 at best. 

[Stavios]

Except for the SLDL's you have all machine work. Again, machines that isolate on a functional scale of 1-10 are about a 2 at best. 

do you think you can get great ham developement doing only stiff leg deads ??

or leg curls are a must ?

[Coach is Back!]

do you think you can get great ham developement doing only stiff leg deads ??

or leg curls are a must ?

No, not for hypertrophy. But aesthetics leg curls are a must (for bodybuilding purposes)

[Coach is Back!]

BTW, that was a great question that I'm adding to my blog site.

[coltrane]

Except for the SLDL's you have all machine work. Again, machines that isolate on a functional scale of 1-10 are about a 2 at best.  

What other exercises are you recommending then?  For the standard bodybuilder, these are the exercises to do.  I've always done these three with great results.  I find machines nice because you can isolate, and do supersets ..  also can modify the speed of your rep nicely.
My 2 cents is that there is absolutely nothing wrong with machines for hams.

[Stavios]

What other exercises are you recommending then?  For the standard bodybuilder, these are the exercises to do.  I've always done these three with great results.  I find machines nice because you can isolate, and do supersets ..  also can modify the speed of your rep nicely.
My 2 cents is that there is absolutely nothing wrong with machines for hams.

tell that to my hams 

[coltrane]

so what are you guys doing for hams these days?

[Coach is Back!]

I think I misunderstood what you wrote. My apologies. For bodybuilding purposes yes, of course those would be included but for general back, knee and hip health machines have very little if any use.

[coltrane]

Gotcha.

I do notice my lower back acts up a little on the laying leg curl machine.

[chaos]

That's probably just because you're a pussy.

[mass243]

That's probably just because you're a pussy.

Yes.

Old school dudes at the gym always told me when I was young that pain is weakness 

"If it hurts, train it harder" LOL  Sum' real males with low estrogen levels right there.

[Hulkotron]

Let's see your hamstrings stud.

I agree with the douches here, SLDL on a platform.

My hamstrings are Asbrusian, watch yourself Chaos.

[SilverSpoon]

It should be done for what ever training you do. For example, most people believe that if you have a weak or pain in the lower lumbar area it must be the erectors or SI area but rather its usual cause could be weak transverse abdominus or a weak inactivated psoas (a stabilizers) when you strengthen those two or even just the psoas the reduction of injury reduces and stability increases.

What about the iliacus?

[cephissus]

No, not for hypertrophy. But aesthetics leg curls are a must (for bodybuilding purposes)

What do you mean aesthetics?  Are you saying leg curls give some sort of "shape" to the hamstring?

[DK II]

How about squatting deeper?

Deep squats are great for hams.