Romanian Deadlift from Deficit

Legs · Barbell

How to do it

Stand **on a platform** with the bar hanging in front, arms straight and knees only just unlocked. Push your hips back lowering the bar close to your legs with a flat back until the hamstrings really pull; stand squeezing the glutes. The platform extends the range exactly in the stretched portion, which is where the hamstring grows most. **Only go as low as your mobility allows with a flat back.** The classic mistake is chasing depth by rounding the lower back.

Variants

The drawing shows one way of doing it, and the technique above describes that one. Almost every exercise has variants — standing or seated, the grip, the bench angle — and is still the same exercise: if you do it another way, write it in the exercise note and you will have it every time you train it.

Also works: Forearms, Glutes, Back

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