Hamstrings

[pvit486]

Is 5 exercise or 17 sets for hamstrings overtrainin'?

[SpartanStrength]

17 sets or 5 exercises for hammies alone? Jesus I can't even think of how to do that many exercises for hamstrings, ur buggin. Hamstring curls, deadlifts and lunges take care of mine pretttyy good.

[kaberle_15]

I think 17 sets is excessive

[MuscleScience]

It ***ends on what angle your hips are at when you perform a particular exercise. With trunk flexion some of the muscles in the hamstrings will be activated and others wont. Same with trunk extensions, just ***ends if your doing various angles when your training

[FasterPussyCat]

a lot of people do 12-15 sets for biceps and it is 1/4 th the sice of the hamsrting.

I do 15 sets on hammie day

[soulstealer]

I do deep squats and lunges on leg day which get hamstring activation and on hammie/back day I do heavy deads/straight leg deads/ leg curls

[pvit486]

Well, I did 3 sets of seated leg curls, 5 sets of lunges, 3 sets of deep hack squat, 3 sets of single leg curl and 3 sets of stiff legged.

[Getinbgr]

a lot of people do 12-15 sets for biceps and it is 1/4 th the sice of the hamsrting.

I do 15 sets on hammie day

Using that logic, you should also do about 15 sets for your quads and 15 sets for your calves, which equals 45 sets!! You're an animal!

[skank]

The 17 sets is alot. But that is a good variety of exercises to mix and hit the hams at different angles. On my ham day, I sometimes pre exhaust the hams with 4 sets of leg curls and then do 5 or 6 sets of stiff leg deads. The SLDL is the king of ham exercises! The big question is how often do you do this workout, once a week?

[pvit486]

Yeah, once a week. I tried cuttin' it down, but it feels like I wasn't doin' enough. I did 4 sets of leg curl, 3 sets of stiff legged and 4 sets of one legged curl.

[Serotonin]

That seems a lot to me... also seems like you could go a LOT heavier if you do that much but to each his own.

[Ronnie Rowland]

Only 2 exercise are needed for the hams.