Q: I train at home and don’t have cables or a leg curl machine. Is the stiff-legged deadlift enough to get me good hamstring development?

A: Semi-stiff-legged deadlifts do a decent job of stretching the hamstrings under load. More and more studies are showing that’s key for quickest development; however…

You’re not getting any hamstring movement, or contraction. You’re basically just stretching the hamstrings… [Read more…]