Dumbbell straight leg deadlift

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Dumbbell straight leg deadlift

Upper legs · Dumbbell

Target muscles

Glutes

Also works

HamstringsLower back

How to do it

  1. 1Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand with an overhand grip.
  2. 2Keeping your back straight and your core engaged, hinge at the hips and lower the dumbbells towards the ground, allowing your torso to lean forward.
  3. 3Continue lowering the dumbbells until you feel a stretch in your hamstrings, keeping your knees slightly bent.
  4. 4Pause for a moment at the bottom, then engage your glutes and hamstrings to lift your torso back up to the starting position.
  5. 5Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits