Muscles worked
glutes, hamstrings, lower back
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dumbbell straight leg deadlift
- Body part
- upper legs
- Equipment
- dumbbell
- Target muscle
- glutes
- Muscle group
- hamstrings
Secondary muscles
How to perform it
- 1
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand with an overhand grip.
- 2
Keeping your back straight and your core engaged, hinge at the hips and lower the dumbbells towards the ground, allowing your torso to lean forward.
- 3
Continue lowering the dumbbells until you feel a stretch in your hamstrings, keeping your knees slightly bent.
- 4
Pause for a moment at the bottom, then engage your glutes and hamstrings to lift your torso back up to the starting position.
- 5
Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
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