Forearm pain during the stiff
Ladies…to have beautiful legs and glutes, don’t forget to train your….UPPER BODY!
💥You’re probably wondering what your back, chest, arm, and shoulder workouts have to do with your glute workout. The answer: EVERYTHING!
As I always explain on my IG, the most effective exercises for building muscle in your glutes and legs are compound exercises, such as squats, stiff-legged deadlifts, leg presses, deadlifts, lunges… In many of them, you use YOUR HANDS to hold the bar, or rest it on your back…
💥So, if you don’t have strength in your arms, forearms, and back, you won’t be able to lift a considerable amount of weight to build muscle in your lower body with the stiff-legged deadlift.
Forearm pain while doing the stiff
Take the stiff-legged deadlift, for example… Anyone who does it knows this… It’s one of the best exercises for glutes and hamstrings, but it depends heavily on a good grip and core strength. After a few reps, your forearms and wrists start to complain, right? And maybe your lower back complains a little (or a lot), too.
All this is because your upper-body muscles aren’t strengthened, or at least not in the same way as your leg and glute muscles.
And please, don’t tell me you don’t want to look “masculine.” That won’t happen, especially because of the hormonal differences between men and women.
How to progress with the stiff for glutes
The stiff-legged deadlift is a viable training exercise for increasing muscle hypertrophy and strength, and improving hamstring range of motion for almost all athletes.
Because this exercise isolates the muscles, most athletes and coaches should perform this movement with moderate loads to maximize hypertrophy before moving on to more advanced strength and/or speed techniques.
Whatever weight you use, know that the way you perform the exercise and its range of motion have a major impact on your results.
