Intermediate exercise
Wide Stance Stiff Legs
Also called Wide Stance RDL
Technique
How to perform Wide Stance Stiff Legs
- 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.
- 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.
Programming relevance
Muscles involved
Primary targets: Biceps Femoris, Gluteus Maximus, Semimembranosus, Semitendinosus.
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