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    Some thoughts I wrote on hamstring training... probably kind of basic for many of us here, but maybe you'll get something out of it:
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    In my gym there is 2 floor, first floor is full of machines, and then you go up a bunch of stairs to reach the "harcore" section freeweights etc.

    anyway they have a great lying leg curl machine on the bottom floor which I love, so I did my normal like 5 sets and decided to do supersets,

    So after 3 supersets with 30 reps each, I thought I was gonna die.

    And when I tried to walk up the stair, I Honestly couldnt lift my foot high enough to get up on ONE stair.. no matter how hard I tried, I so had to manually lift the leg up with my arms each step...

    Must have looked retarded haha.


    oh well, keep on, just got a hamstring flashback

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    I've never had an exercise thoroughly trash my hammies more than good mornings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frosty View Post
    I've never had an exercise thoroughly trash my hammies more than good mornings.
    I find leg curls target them the best, there is no possible way to "feel" it wrong with them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Youngguns View Post
    I find leg curls target them the best, there is no possible way to "feel" it wrong with them.
    LOL except for the fact that you're not training the main function of the hamstrings with leg curls...

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    Frosty - do you ever do glute-ham raises?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShelbyStarnes View Post
    Frosty - do you ever do glute-ham raises?

    Yes, when I was at a gym that had the machine!! They're awesome.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frosty View Post
    LOL except for the fact that you're not training the main function of the hamstrings with leg curls...
    elaborate please, as i can never FEEL the hamstrings working in stiff leg deads or good mornings, jsut a painful stretching
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    Glute Ham Raises are the best. Elevate the back of it to make them really hard.

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    I have to go with GHR as one of the best ham exercises. But fuck they are hard as hell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jason Newman View Post
    elaborate please, as i can never FEEL the hamstrings working in stiff leg deads or good mornings, jsut a painful stretching
    Your hams don't get sore from good mornings? If not you're probably doing them wrong.

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    I have not read the article yet, but there are 3 exercises you can do in a workout that will trash your hamstrings and it does not matter whether you are a BBer or PLer.

    Low box squats
    Wide stand Good Mornings
    GHR

    Fucking Brutal.

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    Ive had a lot more hamstring response since I started doing hams right after quads instead of doing them on separate workouts. Much better pump, mind muscle connection and what not.. Feels great.

    Whats weird to me is when I started doing this Ive become stronger in every hamstring exercise even though they should have had a beating already from doing quads, and this is while Im on a diet as well ;o

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    Quote Originally Posted by bodyhard View Post
    I have to go with GHR as one of the best ham exercises. But fuck they are hard as hell.
    I agree...I made one for my gym they work so well.

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    Many years ago I trained at a gym and Bill Starr trained there for a year or so.I remember he had us doing half deadlifts but it was the bottom half from the floor to the knees.I can`t remember what it was supposed to do but what it did do was destroy my hamstrings.I couldn`t walk the next day I was so sore.I may try this again and see how it works.

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