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Wide Stance Stiff Legs Exercise

Wide Stance Stiff Legs is a Intermediate Olympic Weightlifting exercise using Barbell for Hamstrings. Begin with a barbell loaded on the floor. Adopt a wide st...

Intermediate Barbell Hamstrings
Wide Stance Stiff Legs exercise form

Exercise Details

Category
Olympic Weightlifting
Level
Intermediate
Equipment
Barbell
Force
Pull
Mechanic
Compound
Primary muscles
Hamstrings
Secondary muscles
Adductors, Glutes, Lower Back

How to Do Wide Stance Stiff Legs

  1. Begin with a barbell loaded on the floor. Adopt a wide stance, and then bend at the hips to grab the bar. Your hips should be as far back as possible, and your legs nearly straight. Keep your back straight, and your head and chest up. This will be your starting position.
  2. Begin the movement be engaging the hips, driving them forward as you allow the arms to hang straight. Continue until you are standing straight up, and then slowly return the weight to the starting position. For successive reps, the weight need not touch the floor.