Hip Dominat vs Knee Dominant lifts

KeithReilly

Deadlift
Squat
Front Squat
Trap Bar deadlift

Would you consider all of these lifts hip dominant or is there such thing as a knee dominant lift and if so which of these lifts would you consider knee dominant?

The explanation for hip vs knee dominant is the greater power in the lift coming from the hip or knee.

Banks

Squat, Front Squat, Trap Bar deadlift and Deadlift are knee dominant

RDL's, Good mornings, reverse hyper are hip dominant

Kev M

Hips all the way...

Knees for quad and hamstring isolation movements.

Brian?

Banks wrote: »

Squat, Front Squat, Trap Bar deadlift and Deadlift are knee dominant

RDL's, Good mornings, reverse hyper are hip dominant

According to this you are correct.

http://www.elitefts.com/documents/program_design_for_athletes.htm

I always thought deadlifts were hip dominant though.

gymsoldier

briankeating wrote: »

I always thought deadlifts were hip dominant though.

I'm in the same boat. My dead lift increased with glute work over quad work.

d'Oracle

KeithReilly wrote: »

Deadlift
Squat
Front Squat
Trap Bar deadlift

Would you consider all of these lifts hip dominant or is there such thing as a knee dominant lift and if so which of these lifts would you consider knee dominant?

The explanation for hip vs knee dominant is the greater power in the lift coming from the hip or knee.

Hip
Knee (depending on how you do it)
Knee
Hip.

Assuming that by hip vs knee dominant you mean Hip extension dominant vs knee extension dominant.
Power doesn't come from joints. It comes from the muscles which extend the joint.
So Will Heffernans thing of Hip dominant vs Quad dominant is probably better.

I prefer Dan Johns thing though.
A continuum with a full squat at one end and a hinge at the other.
Most lower body exercises fit in between.

Hanley

Deadlift knee dominant? With all due respects - bollox.

TBDL could go either way depending on tekkers.