Best Exercises for Hamstring Strength Other Than GHR

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i dont have access to a glute ham raise station anymore but i need to kick the shit out of my hamstrings as im weak off the ground in the deadlift right now! any help or suggestions appreciated

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Good mornings. Deficit deadlifts, because you said you’re weak off the ground. Literally and deadlift variation. I personally like Romanian deads, because of the stretch I can get when I do them.

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Do you have access to a lat pull down machine ? makes a great improvised GHR .

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[quote]black_angus1 wrote:
Deficit deadlifts, because you said you’re weak off the ground. Romanian deads, because of the stretch I can get when I do them.[/quote]

I agree with deficit deadlifts to improve strength from the floor. I also like RDLs & elevated SLDL too.

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band leg curl is a good finisher/extra workout exercise

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Swiss ball leg curls and box squats with lots of sitting back and a long pause.

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cheeers guys

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I’d always do GHR before every training session. If you don’t have access to one, leg curls are a good alternative. Doing 25-50 total reps before every training session will help loads on your total training.

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Put the smith machine bar at it’s lowest position and put some weight on the bar to hold it down then use a bosu ball, if you need padding to save your achilles use a bar pad. Bam, GHR

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I don’t know how well it works for a serious power-lifter working to improve dead-lift, but I found that HEAVY stepups after a session of box-squats followed by a variation of the dead-lift heavy on the hamstrings helped me get from 350-400. (dead-lift) (I was also weak off the ground). Also what others said about the deadlift on blocks.

I could really feel the step-ups hitting the hamstrings heavy. So maybe they are worth trying out. I tried to go fairly high rep, and until failure on them as well. But that goes without saying.

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[quote]Remu_87 wrote:
Put the smith machine bar at it’s lowest position and put some weight on the bar to hold it down then use a bosu ball, if you need padding to save your achilles use a bar pad. Bam, GHR[/quote]

GREAT IDEA! goin to try that later!