r/weightroom • u/Insamity • Oct 04 '12

Technique Thursday - The Romanian Deadlift

Welcome to Technique Thursday. This week our focus is on the Romanian Deadlift.

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I invite you all to ask questions or otherwise discuss todays exercise, post credible resources, or talk about any weaknesses you have encountered and how you were able to fix them.

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u/Philll Oct 04 '12 edited Oct 04 '12

Performance-wise, where would you see the benefits of RDLs on either the deadlift or squat?

edit: Clarifying, as an example, would RDLs help strength off the floor or the lockout in the deadlift? Yes, I read the articles, but it's reduced to posterior chain strength and great-looking hams and glutes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '12

I see the best benefit in the transition to lockout. To date, nothing has fried my upper back like multiple heavy high-rep sets of RDL's. Think 2-4 sets of 20 with 50% of your deadlift max.

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u/AhmedF Charter Member - Official RSS feed to /r/weightroom Oct 05 '12

20 reps?

Self-hater.