The Romanian Deadlift (RDL

The Romanian deadlift is a deadlift variation that is begun from the hang position rather than from the floor. This exercise was originally used by weightlifters¹ to improve performance in the competitive lifts but the RDL is not really as similar to any phase of the clean or the snatch as many believe.

It is however useful as a cross-training movement to develop specific musculature and specific movement schema. Just don’t think of it as “mimicking” any part of a clean or a conventional deadlift. With that in mind, it is an excellent movement and even if you are not interested in maximum strength or power, you can use the RDL as a part of your resistance training for training the posterior chain (and to help get a great butt and hamstrings).

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