Did glute-ham raises for the 1st time..

[zackdarnell]

I did glute-ham raises for the first time yesterday. All I can say is damn, they are a good exercise. Really hit the hams hard. I havent had DOMS in my hams like this in a while.

 

[spatts]

LOL...they are great, aren't they? I like to superset them with pull throughs.

Did you do them on the floor, or on a glute/ham raise?

 

[zackdarnell]

Did you do them on the floor, or on a glute/ham raise?

The gym was too crowded to do them on the floor, and there is no glute/ham station, so I used the Back Extension station:

I just lowered the pad that you lean against and raised the ankle support some, and did a couple other makeshift modifications so that I wasn't so vertical, and did them on that. Not ideal, I know, but the best I could do. I'm going to try them on the floor next week, if the gym isnt packed!

Just in case anyone didnt notice the EXRX.net written on that video clip, that is not me!

 

[spatts]

Did you make it up to a 90 degree angle?

 

[zackdarnell]

Yes.

 

[spatts]

NICE!

 

[zackdarnell]

I did 3 sets of 8. Tough as hell. Oh, and it was 2 days ago, not yesterday. And I did them after doing deads.

I'm getting ready to head to the gym for a good bench/deadlift assistance workout. (See this thread for my current routine: http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=185647) I replaced the leg curls with glute/hams.