Glute Ham Raise
Set up on a GHD machine with your knees on or just behind the pad and your feet secured. Start with your torso upright and your body from knees to head in a straight line. Lower yourself forward by extending at the knees in a controlled manner, keeping your hips extended. Use your hamstrings to curl yourself back up to the starting position. Avoid bending at the hips during the movement.
How it is executed
- Set up on a GHD machine with your knees on or just behind the pad and your feet secured.
- Start with your torso upright and your body from knees to head in a straight line.
- Lower yourself forward by extending at the knees in a controlled manner, keeping your hips extended.
- Use your hamstrings to curl yourself back up to the starting position.
- Avoid bending at the hips during the movement.
- Muscles worked
- Hamstrings
- Primary muscle
- Hamstrings
- Equipment
- Machine
- Movement pattern
- Lower body
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- What it is for
- Strength · Hypertrophy
