Intermediate exercise

Wide Stance Stiff Legs

Also called Wide Stance RDL

  • Muscle Growth
  • Strength
  • Bodybuilding

Technique

How to perform Wide Stance Stiff Legs

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

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Biceps Femoris, Gluteus Maximus, Semimembranosus, Semitendinosus.

MuscleScoreRole
Biceps Femoris1.0Target, Mover
Gluteus Maximus0.9Target, Mover
Semimembranosus0.9Target, Mover
Semitendinosus0.9Target, Mover
Erector Spinae0.5Mover, Stabilizer