How to Do the Stiff-Legged Barbell Deadlift
💪 Hamstrings, Glutes, Lower Back🏋️ Barbell📊 Intermediate🏷️ Strength
How to perform it
- Grasp a bar using an overhand grip (palms facing down). You may need some wrist wraps if using a significant amount of weight.
- Stand with your torso straight and your legs spaced using a shoulder width or narrower stance. The knees should be slightly bent. This is your starting position.
- Keeping the knees stationary, lower the barbell to over the top of your feet by bending at the hips while keeping your back straight. Keep moving forward as if you were going to pick something from the floor until you feel a stretch on the hamstrings. Inhale as you perform this movement.
- Start bringing your torso up straight again by extending your hips until you are back at the starting position. Exhale as you perform this movement.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Stiff-Legged Barbell Deadlift primarily targets your Hamstrings, with support from your Glutes, Lower Back. You'll need barbell.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Stiff-Legged Barbell Deadlift slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.