reading half the shit in here is a ridiculous waste of time. No matter if you're doing a stiff leg'd dead or a conventional dead...you're always going to work your back, traps, forearms, and legs...ALWAYS! To what degree depends on the exercise. But you can't deadlift a certain way to target one particular body part. It's impossible. It's THE original compound movement. Even if you're picking them up at the knees off the pins, you're still getting leg drive to get it up and off.