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post #31 of 39
10/19/10 at 11:55pm
Cable extensions with ankle brace. Face the stack and extend back.
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post #32 of 39
10/20/10 at 1:34am
Just did glute ham raises at the gym; fucking great, I can't believe I've never tried them before.
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post #33 of 39
10/20/10 at 6:27pm
Romanian dead lift, but use straps so your grip doesn't give out, letting you push your target muscle harder, glutes, hamstrings, and lower back in this case
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post #34 of 39
10/21/10 at 6:00pm
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Just did glute ham raises at the gym; fucking great, I can't believe I've never tried them before.

Did you use an apparatus or do them natural? My old gym had an apparatus and I loved it, but I haven't seen once since. Need someone to hold my feet to do natural ones and they're just damn awkward even then.
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post #35 of 39
10/21/10 at 11:15pm
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Did you use an apparatus or do them natural? My old gym had an apparatus and I loved it, but I haven't seen once since. Need someone to hold my feet to do natural ones and they're just damn awkward even then.

How on earth do you do those naturally? have enough momentum from the push-up to overcome the fact that your body weights a lot more than your calves, and therefore movement from the glutes would just lift them not your body?
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post #36 of 39
10/21/10 at 11:19pm
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How on earth do you do those naturally? have enough momentum from the push-up to overcome the fact that your body weights a lot more than your calves, and therefore movement from the glutes would just lift them not your body?

Have someone hold your ankles or wedge them under something. It's tremendously awkward and significantly harder than with the apparatus.
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post #37 of 39
10/22/10 at 12:50am
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Did you use an apparatus or do them natural? My old gym had an apparatus and I loved it, but I haven't seen once since. Need someone to hold my feet to do natural ones and they're just damn awkward even then.

I used a back extension station and moved the feet restraints close to the pad so that my kneecaps were basically wedged against the front pad. Then I lowered myself down and contracted the glutes and hamstrings to bring myself upright. Kind of a rough explanation but I hope you get the idea. It's hell on your calfs too.
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post #38 of 39
10/22/10 at 4:39am
There are some actual glute ham raise benches or whatever you want to call them. However should you go through the back extension/calve raise method and it's too difficult to do it unassisted, you can lightly (depending on your strength) use your hands to touch the ground and stop the inertia (s that right?).
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post #39 of 39
10/22/10 at 6:40am
Horse stance is pretty good.
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