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Stiff-Leg Deadlift
Demonstration
3D animation · looped · Vital Animations
Exercise Details
- Equipment
- Smith machine/barbell
- Sets & Reps
- 3-4 sets × 8-12 reps · rest 2 min
- How to do it
- Knees straight (soft, not locked) and fixed; fold at the hips; the bar travels down the legs to a strong hamstring stretch; stand by extending the hips; spine neutral throughout.
- Common mistakes
- Rounded back, bar drifting off the legs, forcing depth (hamstring-strain risk)
Muscles Worked
Other Exercises for the Same Muscle
Romanian Deadlift · Leg Curl · Nordic Hamstring Curl (Eccentric) · Good Morning
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