FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

Well, typically I stay away from anything that loads my lower back eccentrically. For most exercises I have enough alternate exercise options that are safe for my back, but my hamstring options are limited. I tried a MR set with stiff-legged deads last Friday and it went GREAT. It's been awhile since my hams had a relatively heavy workout.....and it felt safe the entire time.

I guess that's really the only situation I can think of right now.............

I wouldn't use SLDL's for LOADING sets as those aren't really isolation exercises. (Thigh loading sets would be squats, leg press varieties, mainly with knee curls varieties as your isolation sets for hams. The idea with the isolation set zig zagging is to lay off the low back and pre-fatigue / focus on quads / ham so that the low back is rested for the compound thigh exercises, as needed. )

Do you not have heavy enough DB for heavy DB ham curls?...

Were you not able to set up a fetal ham curl / russian knee curl of some sort?... That's your ticket for heavy ham exercises.

-S