Glute ham raise question! - JP Fitness Forums

Arsenal1986 · 01-23-2008, 04:04 PM

Hey guys quick question tried GHRs for first time today could do 3 reps....anyway of progressing up to them without turning it into a back estension or perhaps do some high rep partial ROM GHRs? or do tons of sets of low reps?Cheers!

Alcoholiday · 01-23-2008, 05:45 PM

is it on a real GHR bench?

Mon · 01-23-2008, 08:36 PM

Is there any way I can do these at home without a GHR bench? My gym at school does not have one either.

Alcoholiday · 01-23-2008, 08:41 PM

manual ghrs.

but IMO, you're better off doing things like gms, or SLDLs/RDLs. You can load your hamstrings more. The manual ghrs feel more like a leg curl. There's not really a replacement for a bench.

EricLikesLifting · 01-23-2008, 10:02 PM

I agree with Alcoh. If you don't have a lot of experience with SLDL try those out first and be really anal on the form. You will probably feel those blast your hamstring group pretty damn good. I tried the manual partial GHR for a while and they are really hard and hit them good, but if you are doing partials not on the machine its difficult to gauge how you are improving and form and such.

Frank.S · 01-25-2008, 12:10 AM

I think GHRs are mis-used lots of the time.

They are great to take the load off of your back while still having a half decent training effect on the pc. Are they as good as a deadlift, wide stance squat or rdl for your pc? I dont think so.

Most people in general can get away with much more heavy loading pc stuff then they think, yet still resort to ghrs to save the back/brain.

Do they have a place? Sure. If you putting heavy (to you) weights in your hands, on your back/shoulders/overhead etc constantly through the week, they are a great tool. If you are doing a bunch of wimply lowerbody work, you probally dont need to focus on your hamstrings specifically all that much. /rant

Alcoholiday · 01-25-2008, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank.S

I think GHRs are mis-used lots of the time.

They are great to take the load off of your back while still having a half decent training effect on the pc. Are they as good as a deadlift, wide stance squat or rdl for your pc? I dont think so.

Most people in general can get away with much more heavy loading pc stuff then they think, yet still resort to ghrs to save the back/brain.

Do they have a place? Sure. If you putting heavy (to you) weights in your hands, on your back/shoulders/overhead etc constantly through the week, they are a great tool. If you are doing a bunch of wimply lowerbody work, you probally dont need to focus on your hamstrings specifically all that much. /rant

i think they are better used for beginners than experienced people.

but i pretty much agree with what you said. People can get good results doing sldls or other hard, hamstring movements.