Best Advanced Hamstrings Workouts With Barbells

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Barbells serve as a cornerstone in weight training due to their versatility and ability to accommodate progressive overload for strength and hypertrophy goals.

For advanced trainees with more than four years of lifting experience, exercises often involve complex movements that target the hamstrings effectively.

These muscles, located on the back of the thigh, play a pivotal role in knee flexion and hip extension, contributing to both power and functionality.

Incorporating advanced movements, such as Olympic lifts and compound exercises, optimally stimulates these posterior leg muscles.

It is important to adjust weights and repetitions based on individual ability, considering factors like age, experience, and body mechanics.

The 15 Best Advanced Hamstrings Exercises with Barbells

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  • 1. Deadlift

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    The deadlift is a powerlifting exercise that targets the muscles in your back and legs. It helps build overall strength and is commonly used in fitness routines.

    How to do it

    The deadlift is a powerlifting exercise that targets the muscles in your back and legs. It helps build overall strength and is commonly used in fitness routines.

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    8reps
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  • 2. Romanian Deadlift

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    The Romanian Deadlift is a strength exercise that focuses on your glutes and hamstrings. It involves bending at the hips while keeping the knees slightly bent, helping you build strength for other hip hinge movements.

    How to do it

    The Romanian Deadlift is a strength exercise that focuses on your glutes and hamstrings. It involves bending at the hips while keeping the knees slightly bent, helping you build strength for other hip hinge movements.

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    8reps
    90lbs
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    8reps
    90lbs
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    8reps
    90lbs
  • 3. Good Morning

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    The Good Morning exercise focuses on strengthening the muscles in your back and hamstrings. If you're new to this movement, it's safer to start with dumbbells rather than a barbell.

    How to do it

    The Good Morning exercise focuses on strengthening the muscles in your back and hamstrings. If you're new to this movement, it's safer to start with dumbbells rather than a barbell.

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    8reps
    55lbs
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    8reps
    55lbs
  • 4. Sumo Deadlift

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    The Sumo Deadlift is a variation of the standard Deadlift, focusing on strengthening the muscles in your back, hamstrings, and glutes. It’s a great exercise for enhancing leg strength and is suitable for beginners as part of their workout routine.

    How to do it

    The Sumo Deadlift is a variation of the standard Deadlift, focusing on strengthening the muscles in your back, hamstrings, and glutes. It’s a great exercise for enhancing leg strength and is suitable for beginners as part of their workout routine.

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    8reps
    95lbs
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    8reps
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  • 5. Landmine Romanian Deadlift

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    The Landmine Romanian Deadlift is a beginner-friendly exercise that targets your hamstrings and glutes. It uses a landmine setup for added stability, making it easier to control the movement compared to traditional deadlifts.

    How to do it

    The Landmine Romanian Deadlift is a beginner-friendly exercise that targets your hamstrings and glutes. It uses a landmine setup for added stability, making it easier to control the movement compared to traditional deadlifts.

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    8reps
    45lbs
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    8reps
    45lbs
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    8reps
    45lbs
  • 6. Landmine Single Leg Romanian Deadlift

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    The Landmine Single Leg Romanian Deadlift is a straightforward exercise focusing on the glutes and hamstrings. This variation on the traditional Romanian Deadlift helps improve strength, stability, and mobility on one leg, using a landmine for added stability.

    How to do it

    The Landmine Single Leg Romanian Deadlift is a straightforward exercise focusing on the glutes and hamstrings. This variation on the traditional Romanian Deadlift helps improve strength, stability, and mobility on one leg, using a landmine for added stability.

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    8reps
    40lbs
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    8reps
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    8reps
    40lbs
  • 7. Romanian Deadlift to Shrug

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    The Romanian Deadlift to Shrug is an exercise that works your lower and upper back muscles. It strengthens the hamstrings and glutes while isolating the traps with a shoulder shrug, making it great for improving your posture and overall back strength.

    How to do it

    The Romanian Deadlift to Shrug is an exercise that works your lower and upper back muscles. It strengthens the hamstrings and glutes while isolating the traps with a shoulder shrug, making it great for improving your posture and overall back strength.

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    8reps
    80lbs
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    8reps
    80lbs
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    8reps
    80lbs
  • 8. Romanian Deadlift to Bent-Over Row

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    The Romanian Deadlift to Bent-Over Row is a combined exercise that works your hamstrings, glutes, and upper back. This move strengthens your entire posterior chain while improving back muscle definition, making it great for beginners.

    How to do it

    The Romanian Deadlift to Bent-Over Row is a combined exercise that works your hamstrings, glutes, and upper back. This move strengthens your entire posterior chain while improving back muscle definition, making it great for beginners.

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    8reps
    70lbs
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    70lbs
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    70lbs
  • 9. Deadlift to Calf Raise

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    The Deadlift to Calf Raise is a great exercise that combines lifting with calf strengthening. It works your hamstrings, glutes, and calves, helping to build lower body strength and improve balance.

    How to do it

    The Deadlift to Calf Raise is a great exercise that combines lifting with calf strengthening. It works your hamstrings, glutes, and calves, helping to build lower body strength and improve balance.

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  • 10. Elevated Platform Deadlift

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    The Elevated Platform Deadlift enhances your range of motion, allowing for a deeper stretch in your hamstrings and glutes. This exercise strengthens your lower body and improves flexibility but is better suited for experienced lifters who can maintain proper form.

    How to do it

    The Elevated Platform Deadlift enhances your range of motion, allowing for a deeper stretch in your hamstrings and glutes. This exercise strengthens your lower body and improves flexibility but is better suited for experienced lifters who can maintain proper form.

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    80lbs
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    80lbs
  • 11. Elevated Platform Barbell Romanian Deadlift

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    The Elevated Platform Barbell Romanian Deadlift boosts the intensity of a traditional RDL by increasing the range of motion. This exercise effectively targets your hamstrings, glutes, and lower back, helping to strengthen and improve flexibility in your posterior chain.

    How to do it

    The Elevated Platform Barbell Romanian Deadlift boosts the intensity of a traditional RDL by increasing the range of motion. This exercise effectively targets your hamstrings, glutes, and lower back, helping to strengthen and improve flexibility in your posterior chain.

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    8reps
    75lbs
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  • 12. Clean

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    The Clean is a powerful exercise that works many muscles, including your legs, back, and shoulders. It involves lifting a barbell from the ground to your shoulders in one smooth movement, helping to build strength and coordination.

    How to do it

    The Clean is a powerful exercise that works many muscles, including your legs, back, and shoulders. It involves lifting a barbell from the ground to your shoulders in one smooth movement, helping to build strength and coordination.

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  • 13. Clean Deadlift

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    The Clean Deadlift is a variation of the standard deadlift that targets the muscles in your backside, especially the glutes and hamstrings. This exercise helps improve your lifting technique for cleans by focusing on proper form and strength.

    How to do it

    The Clean Deadlift is a variation of the standard deadlift that targets the muscles in your backside, especially the glutes and hamstrings. This exercise helps improve your lifting technique for cleans by focusing on proper form and strength.

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  • 14. Hang Power Snatch

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    The Hang Power Snatch is a powerful weightlifting exercise that helps improve strength, coordination, and agility. You lift a barbell from just above your knees to overhead in one smooth movement, engaging your hips, shoulders, and core.

    How to do it

    The Hang Power Snatch is a powerful weightlifting exercise that helps improve strength, coordination, and agility. You lift a barbell from just above your knees to overhead in one smooth movement, engaging your hips, shoulders, and core.

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    65lbs
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    8reps
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    8reps
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  • 15. Hang Snatch

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    The Hang Snatch is an exercise that builds explosive power and coordination by lifting a barbell from a hang position to overhead in one smooth movement. It's great for developing strength and improving Olympic lifting techniques.

    How to do it

    The Hang Snatch is an exercise that builds explosive power and coordination by lifting a barbell from a hang position to overhead in one smooth movement. It's great for developing strength and improving Olympic lifting techniques.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    65lbs
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    8reps
    65lbs
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    8reps
    65lbs

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