DETAILED Breakdown of WHY The Romanian Deadlift is The Best General Deadlift Assistance Exercise

[@illustriousindividual1077]

Work capacity is an underrated benefit of RDLS. I've done them with slower tempo, like 4 seconds on the way down, sometimes with a 1"-2" deficit. I've never worried about back discomfort in a long, long time it's like my back is bulletproof.

[@stoempert]

Not that interested in heavy deadlifting anymore but i love me some RDL's in the 6~12 ish rep range. With some hamstring curls and 45 degree back extension pretty much all i do for the posterior chain.

[@ProphetFear]

The RDL on deficits and to the floor has direct caryover to the deadlift and all of its related muscles as well as being way better for bodybuilding. If you aren't doing it, what are you doing, I wonder.

[@angrygoldfish]

I actually found that a closer than deadlift stance gave me a deeper stretch on my hamstrings than a wider one. I also love doing them for high reps with dumbbells. The freedom of movement feels good.

[@silatguy]

Cool video! I've been doing light touch full ROM RDL's and my deadlift is blowing up :)

[@weyhanng7028]

Hey Brendan, ever considered doing a day in the life vlog style video? I think that’ll be very interesting. You could do a community poll to check how interested others would be :) Love your videos bro

[@Alex-ut7op]

He has done a few of these style videos before and they were really cool

[@an0m1eofficial56]

Yeah, I think the latest was called “My Mourning Routine” or something like that. Dope video with a lot of cool information on mindset.

[@cycleanalyze]

great video thanks. talking and showing at the same time is key

[@Doggomorph]

Yup the biased extension cue is goated not many people will talk about it

[@an0m1eofficial56]

That wider stance position makes such a huge difference man!

[@DCJayhawk57]

Great video. I love RDLs. I recently went to a lower frequency split on my main lifts to let some nagging pains heal up and use RDL as my main hip hinge movement on my secondary day. I'm gonna start pushing the intensity on them and treat them as a separate strength exercise moreso than an accessory/MSM like I have in the past. I think a lot of people do them incorrectly like you stated. I rarely see people really flexing the glutes at top or pushing the weight up on the exercise. Women at my gym spend most of their workouts doing hip thrusts to build their glutes and neglect the effectiveness of RDL as the prime movement. Hip thrusts are fine as a finishing movement but that lack of eccentric loading really limits their effectiveness as a pure hypertrophy exercise. I think another huge benefit of RDLs is learning what proper lat engagement should feel like in the deadlift. Actively extending at the shoulder to keep the bar close to the body really helped on my deadlift setup.

[@shortycareface9678]

I think RDLs and heavy hyperextensions have helped me improve my deadlift lockout. Unless I lose position off the ground, I have zero grind in my lockout (I'm a conventional puller). Can count on my hands the times I've tried rack/block pulls and more "lockout specific" work; RDLs have done A LOT more for me.

[@Flexatron86]

As a Personal Trainer I agree with you. RDL's are so underrated and the benefits are outstanding.

[@turkishdelight6032]

I hesitate with programming this exercise because my glutes are massive but my hamstrings are kind of flat. I just want to isolate the latter

[@himanshusingh3933]

You can pre exhaust hammy in leg curl then do rdl

[@agnishray5702]

You should check out Eugene teo's video on the exercise , he showed a really good way to do it properly. I had the same problem and the slight technique change has helped a lot.

[@jahimuddin2306]

I love the RDL, I do them both ways: correctly and incorrectly. Doing them incorrectly hits my glutes really well, and the glutes are a weak point for me.

[@JCLaw1116]

How does the good-morning compare to the RDL? Less weight can be used to achieve equal stimulus due to greater moment arm to the hip joint

[@roger012194]

Rdls and stiff leg deadlifts built my deadlift more than just deadlifting lol. Crazy hamstring growth too

[@Lb-ri5wr]

how do these compare to goodmornings/ssb goodmornings? I did pinned, ssb goodmornings the other day (to parallel) and got a much larger lower back "pump" than I get from rdls, with around the same amount of stretch on my hamstrings.

[@keysersoze5920]

Do RDLs with straight legs and really target your hamstrings.

[@youngbreezy93zy]

u should have at least 5x the subscribers you have. Thanks Tietz

[@abhistraj4284]

💯🔥

[@OMAR-vk9pi]

I’d think not keeping your knees stiff would have more carry over

[@jimmyhforce2207]

"This is a hip extension exercise, this is not a deadlift exercise". If you want it to be more specific just do a conventional deadlift

[@tstreino]

the only exercise that leaves my hamstrings fucking destroyed for 4 days at least

[@comically_large_chungus]

algorithm

[@divicospower9112]

Stiff legs deadlift = romanian with more RoM. That's why I never do Romanian deadlift.

[@snorlaxcom]

Only hits the lumbar. 😢 Going to restart on these with just one plate.