Legs·Barbell·Compound
Wide Stance Stiff Legs
Hamstrings · Barbell
Intermediate
Body Part
Legs
Equipment
Barbell
Level
Intermediate
Type
Compound
Force
Pull
The Wide Stance Stiff Legs is an intermediate barbell exercise that primarily targets the Hamstrings.
Muscles Worked
Hamstrings primaryAdductors secondaryGlutes secondaryLower Back secondary
How to Do the Wide Stance Stiff Legs
- 1Begin 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.
- 2Begin 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.
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Exercise data from the open-source Free Exercise DB.