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Glute-Ham Developer

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Glute-ham developer (GHD) exercise listed as a hamstring/hip-extensor movement and as an intermediate low-back exercise.

Detail

The glute-ham developer is listed as an exercise for the hamstrings (knee-joint flexors) and for the hip extensors (hamstrings and gluteus maximus). It also appears as the erector-spinae back-extension exercise (GHD) and as an intermediate low-back selection (Glutes/Ham Developer). Closely related to the glute-ham-gastroc raise broken out by joint.

Key facts

  • Primary Muscles: Hamstrings, Gluteus Maximus.
  • Secondary Muscles: Erector Spinae.
  • Trains hamstrings as knee flexors and hip extensors.

Connections

  • hamstrings — knee flexors / hip extensors.
  • gluteus-maximus — hip extensor.
  • erector-spinae — back-extension component.
  • glute-ham-gastroc-raise — joint-by-joint breakdown of the raise.
SourceReference manual
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Cited authorities in source: Yessis (1992).
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Atlas Connections

Erector Spinae (Sacrospinalis)
Three muscle-group columns (iliocostalis, longissimus, spinalis) running skull-to-sacrum that extend, laterally flex, and rotate the vertebral column.
Gluteus Maximus
The strongest, largest muscle in the body; the primary hip extensor and a lateral rotator of the femur.
Hamstrings
Three 2-joint muscles — biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus — that flex the knee (primary) and extend the hip (secondary); knee-flexion ROM 125°.
Hip Extensors
The primary hip extensors are the gluteus maximus and the hamstrings.
Back ExtensionsClosely related
Spinal-extension exercise for the erector spinae (sacrospinalis).
Glute-Ham-Gastroc RaisesClosely related
Glute-ham developer raise working three joints — hip (upper hamstrings + glutes), knee (lower hamstring + gastrocnemius), and back extension (erector spinae).
Intensity
The amount of weight (resistance) lifted — also shaped by speed, reps, sets, rest interval, and workout duration.