Muscle Building Information

Exercise The Right Way - The Stiff-Leg Deadlift


Other articles in this series looked at a number of exercises, mainly from the perspective of developing a comprehensive muscle building program. Sometimes we take things for granted, especially when it comes to performing the basic exercises that constitute the core of most bodybuilders' training regimes.

It is useful, therefore, to describe in detail the processes involved in actually doing these exercises. This will help beginners to start out using the correct techniques before moving on to potentially more dangerous heavy weights. If it also helps more experienced lifters to redress some of the little faults that have almost imperceptibly crept in over the years, all the better.

In this article we'll take a close look at the stiff-leg deadlift.

MUSCLES TARGETED: gluteus maximus, semimembranosus, semitendinosus, biceps femoris, erector spinae

STARTING POSITION

Grasp the bar with a closed pronated grip.
Grip should be roughly shoulder width.
Assume a hip width stance with the knees slightly flexed and the toes pointing straight ahead.
Stand erect with the bar touching the front of the thighs and the elbows extended.

DOWNWARD MOVEMENT

Allow the torso to slowly flex forward and the bar to lower to the floor.
Keep the knees slightly flexed and the torso in a flat back position.
Lower the bar until the weights touch the floor.

UPWARD MOVEMENT

Extend the hips and torso.
Keep the knees slightly flexed and the torso in a flat back position.
Repeat or finish set.

Richard Mitchell is the creator of the bodybuildingadvisor.com website that provides guidance and information to athletes at all levels of bodybuilding experience. Go to Bodybuilding Exercises to learn more about the issues covered in this article.

  


MORE RESOURCES:

Wodraska: Get on the ball to build strength
Salt Lake Tribune
... effective exercise that builds upper-body strength and encourages good posture. The only equipment you need is a stability ball. With this one piece of equipment, you can work abdominal muscles such as the rectus abdominus (your “six pack” muscle), ...

and more »


Burn fat, build muscle
Cincinnati.com
Trainer Trisha DeHall helps her clients, many of them middle-aged women, lose body fat and gain muscle through a system she calls “controlled confusion.” Her specialty at Fit Body Boot Camp in Blue Ash is a 45-minute structured, group session that ...

and more »


Burn fat, build muscle
Cincinnati.com
Trainer Trisha DeHall helps her clients, many of them middle-aged women, lose body fat and gain muscle through a system she calls “controlled confusion.” Her specialty at Fit Body Boot Camp in Blue Ash is a 45-minute structured, group session that ...

and more »


Well with Michelle: Lifting weights a winner
The News-Press
These principles will teach you how to make sure you're using enough weight, determine your sets and reps and insure you're always progressing in your workouts. 1. Overload: To build muscle, you need to use more resistance than your muscles are used to ...

and more »


GigaOm

Cloudscaling wants to make OpenStack webscale
GigaOm
The company, which has helped build public clouds for the likes of Korea Telecom and Internap, is putting its consulting muscle behind a new OpenStack-based software platform that is built with webscale in mind. For the uninitiated, OpenStack is a set ...

and more »


Build Muscle Memory on the Go with Pocketstrings
The Gadgeteer
The idea is to work on chords and build muscle memory, not to mention some handy calluses, in places where having an actual guitar would be inconvenient. There is no way to strum though and no prerecorded “correct” chord sounds, so it's truly only a ...



More evidence big football players face heart risks
Reuters
Often, professional athletes' muscle mass can make for a high body mass index (BMI), a commonly used measure of weight in relation to height, and Baron said there was an argument that a high BMI based on muscle is not so bad.

and more »


Strength Training Circuit Challenge
San Francisco Chronicle
The Strength Training Circuit Challenge is an intense, total-body workout centered around compound weight lifting exercises. This workout will build muscle, burn fat, and challenge your resolve. Think you can make it through all 3 rounds?



Massage Improves Post-Workout Recovery
Men's Fitness
Other studies have shown that treatments for sore muscles—such as ice baths and anti-inflammatory medications—can reduce inflammation. These tend to block muscle repair and growth. Massage, however, appears to not only make you feel better, ...

and more »


Evidence big football players face heart risks
Fox News
Often, professional athletes' muscle mass can make for a high body mass index (BMI) -- a measure of weight in relation to height. And there's the argument that a high BMI based on muscle is not so bad, Baron pointed out in an interview.

and more »

Google News

Article List | Index | Site Map
All logos, trademarks and articles on this site are property and copyright of their respective owner(s).
The comments are property of their posters, all the rest is Copyright © 2006 CanadaSEEK.com - All Rights Reserved.