everytime i think i know something..

[super_rice]

so who the hell is right and who the hell is wrong? off drsquat.com

Stiff Legged Deadlifts

A lot of powerlifters ill advisedly use stiff legged deadlifts to exercise their lower back. Because your lower back is more efficiently and effectively developed with back extensions, there is no need to do any other off-season exercise for your lower back, and ESPECIALLY not stiff legged deadlifts!

However, stiff legged deadlifts are particularly effective for developing your hamstrings (the back of your upper legs). The traditional way of performing this exercise is to lower the weighted bar all the way down to your bootstraps while standing on a platform or bench with stiff legs (or knees slightly bent). In this way, it's believed, you'll get maximum effect on your hams. This may be true to a degree, but you're also going to unnecessarily expose your lumbar spine to injury. Those intervertebral discs down there come loose all too easily!

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

Fred Hatfield rocks

& yeah I agree- stiffys are a hamstring exercise.

 

[Backlash]

Sounds right to me. No need to go down that far to use your hammies. Bend you knees a bit and stick your butt out, keep the bar close to your body, and really feel your hams stretch and use your hams to pull the weight back up (RDL style).

 

[super_rice]

i use stiff leg deads to develop my hamstrings, since i don't have access to one of those fancy smancy glute-ham machines.

but isn't this article telling not to do sldls altogether?

or is it telling you not to use it as a lower back exercise, ie, going down far to stress the lumbar?

hope i'm not pissing you guys off with the recent slew of questions

 

[Lililston]

they're telling you not to use it as a lower back exercise...

I agree, SLDL works my hams big time!

 

[wtlftr]

isn't the lower back a stabilizer for the ssldl. I need to Check a biomechanics page for consistant results.

 

[super_rice]

yeah i can't find a better replacement for hams