How To: Romanian Deadlift (Barbell)

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[@ScottHermanFitness]

*💪 CLICK THAT NOTIFICATION BELL SO YOU NEVER MISS AN UPLOAD!* There is quite a big difference between these and stiff-legged deadlifts. Make sure you learn the difference by checking out the other video! Romanian Deadlift Vs Stiff Leg Deadlift- What's The Difference? kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4OZeXd7oqeEhNE

[@birdnerd6024]

ScottHermanFitness thanks for the demo. The only critique is that with the bright white garage door as background it is literally impossible to see your examples of spinal flexion because everything gets washed out.

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[@1111comment]

Can you start adding a real example with your working weight?

[@wrestlingfan4ever76]

Wow! Great video. I definately need to transition to this in the future.

[@gavv2012]

Im a beginner in lifting, and I have been attempting to teach myself lifts and body movements. I would be lost without your videos!

[@Adventureclone]

Still working out?

[@savathunjf18]

Show us those gains brother

[@stellanhughes2549]

@@Adventureclone rip

[@DrAbhinavKumar]

@@Adventureclone lol

[@EriPages]

Its been 6 years since you were a beginner...are you still a beginner?

[@omarmyia]

I am Romanian and can confirm that pretty much everyone is doing this exercise at the gyms here.

[@muneebi8273]

I was wondering lol. Thanks

[@KD--sj8eo]

Whenever anyone there does a deadlift…

[@andrewpayne5093]

I'm from bulgaria and can confirm everyone here does Bulgarian split squats

[@dscobellusa]

Scott, I've been looking for back and hamstring exercises that won't cause any more damage to an already damaged back, and this one works great for me. It makes my existing pain go away, so something about it is really working for me. I'm really focusing on the technique and using light weight at the gym and no weight but the same movement at work when I'm on the run. I figure sooner or later I'll add more weight at the gym, when I'm absolutely sure I'm good on the technique. Thanks so much.

[@norco806]

am I the only one who works out with a shirt?

[@janekreynolds580]

No, but seeing the person without a shirt shows more of what is going on in greater detail.

[@olemew]

He wasn't working out, he was recording a tutorial.

[@robertbones326]

everyone wears a shirt. few gyms let you go shirtless.

[@monk3yboy69]

We had a gorilla ( best way to describe him) that used to come into our gym and get topless in the weights area. He was impressive , can't fault him , other than being a total dick. The good thing was that he would clear the weights area in no time as most of the wannabes were so intimidated they ran for the hills.

[@asdfqwerty5389]

yes

[@JustifyJustin]

Scott reminds me of an EXTREMELY buff Linus Tech Tips :D

[@user-wf6xd3db4i]

I see that

[@ytubs]

haha kind of

[@mallet627]

True, but I see it a bit more with Zach Zeiler

[@BlueFluGaming]

Why lift when you have dozens of high quality gaming PCs lol

[@mohammednaif5290]

Exactly XD

[@ScottHermanFitness]

You are very welcome and thank you for the feedback. It makes us very happy at SHF to know we are really making a difference in your workouts :)

[@surfbouy]

I was teaching a class of elderly people ( age 75-96 for this particular class) today, and this is almost verbatim what I said to them as I instructed. My hope is that I can help prevent falls by adding proper hip hinging to our routine.

[@miscellaneousz2681]

Based

[@abdelhamidjebarah8187]

11 years later I still go to Scott for form/advice

[@benjamina9732]

Hey Scott, When you do these, please do a couple of reps in real motion just to see how it looks in normal speed.

[@hermilo9613]

Veinytriumphant barstard thanks for this explanation. Completely changes the way one would approach it.

[@strattus99]

these deadlifts are the bomb! and i aint even Romanian!

[@ltlwatcher]

According to Alan Thrall, a guy name Roman invented the lift as well as Romania.

[@ksksdjjd2254]

u dnt need 2

[@colega23]

You're wrong dude. Nicu Vlad invented the Romanian deadlift. Informează-te dobitocule ... muahaha

[@blackfang1005]

@@colega23 =)) am intrat aici doar sa caut comm in romana.

[@BltchErica]

Lidia Roșu si tot el a inventat Romania?

[@johnsonmckay2894]

People laugh at me when I do this at the gym. Then I look at at their lower body and giggle

[@SimoHudsonBerto]

And then the whole class clapped

[@ElyasBinYahya]

johnson mckay Those people laughing at you are uninformed amateurs.

[@JoeyCentral]

Dude I have these gym bros laugh at me all the freakin time when they see me in the yoga room doing my karate katas. They are all conversing saying "yeah, I could take on skinny boy blind-folded." Little do they know, I could probably drop the mall at once in less than 10 seconds with the last one running away or surrendering saying "it's all cool bro we just playing we cool?"

[@KAl-vf1dz]

+Joey Central 'Drop the mall'? 😂 Do you mean 'drop them all'?

[@nizz0matic307]

@@JoeyCentral lol no you couldn't

[@internetgirl100]

Your instructions are so detailed and clear. I was struggling with doing a proper romanian deadliftt and this video really helped. Thanks!

[@maruanfaraj2409]

This guy always manages to make me smile at his outros. Thanks for all the advice i've already looked up on your site. Keep on!

[@danermanerkider]

Was doing RDL's today for the first time, and now I've realized I was doing like shitty form half rep deadlifts accidentally instead. Now I think I'll know how to do this right next time.

[@Nilly-tube]

Scott, thank's for always helping us by showing great form.

[@Greenkiller100]

Just subscribed. Im on week 3 (total beginner) - learning the exercises as I go! First day doing the Romanian Dead Lift today. Thanks for the vid.

[@chrismorgan1838]

@@miladsamo He is now a pro bodybuilder competing against the likes of larry wheels and is a future mr O

[@ScottHermanFitness]

Always happy to help! Thanks for watching! :)

[@jeremiahbrownlee2299]

Fantastic explanation. I've been having issues with lower back pain due to weak hamstrings, looking forward to implementing this into my day to overcome that.

[@rhondasilver3582]

AMAZING!! THANK YOU for your undivided attention!! I just bought a personal trainer for $100 an hour. She is on her phone THE ENTIRE TIME!! Texting or something, so frustrating. Thank god for YOUR CHANNEL!

[@4evermanutd79]

Learning proper form a lot by watching Scott's videos...thanks Scott

[@Maniak5100]

Injury prevention is exactly what I'm watching these videos for, and this video is excellent in that regard. Thanks!

[@EricHamilton-ls6fn]

It’s very clear Scott Herman videos are way more trusted by viewers just look at the numbers makes things easy to understand without too much unnecessary b s

[@fishY_og]

Thanks Scott for this demo & all of the tips & demo's you have created. I have learn't a lot about technique and in particular why I keep getting injured !

[@ScottHermanFitness]

I sure will. :) I have been getting more into doing those lifts in my routines. I will have a Front Squat video soon too. I have been doing ti for two months now perfecting my form to teach all of you :)

[@sclan2]

You're a life saver. Thank you for dedicating your time and posting these very helpful videos.

[@SunriseBoy-ws8lq]

Thanks, Scott. Excellent tuition!

[@shilpisaha939]

Loved the explanation...i am particularly afraid of all kinda DLs..but u explain so well.

[@johnhurley8918]

Turns out I had the right form all along! Awesome! Still adding this to my workout playlist. ty for the video

[@sabatattoo8731]

show us how to do bosnian deadlift

[@dradamov]

Bre... :D

[@sonofdurin8044]

Sabatattoo I prefer Serbian. Dead lifted many

[@ramboalthor6094]

I always preferred the Baltic deadlift

[@goldmansteinberg2632]

You don’t need to do any of those if you can pull off a Croatian decline fly

[@h1ghnezz]

You just use ur wife instead of barbell

[@minkle]

Thanks bud, this actually helped a lot. I work out at home in my apartment so I can't do the other deadlifts without my neighbors hating me. This has encouraged me to do them in my leg workouts, and properly, before I was steering clear because it was more back-snaps than anything.

[@paulx7620]

Thank you for your time and effort making this video for us 👍

[@Jane_Friday]

Finally someone who knows the difference between romanian and streight leg deadlift. Good demonstration.

[@rayrivera1830]

the shoulder advice is pretty good, easy to forget when u want the bar the lowest.

[@ZhiSoung1991]

Your explanation and demonstration are very good!

[@imcoleyourenot8391]

Scott I love when you scream at me. It helps me retain all of the golden knowledge.

[@sulaimanhussain9621]

cole tipton weird flex but okay

[@vongocchau86]

I did deadlift 3 days ago and my back hurt so bad for 3 days that I cant go to the gym and I knew why now.thank you very much for the video

[@Yabusii]

Thats a lift ive been doing for years. I hereby comfirm its the only way of deadlifting you´ll do from now on if you do it properly! Feels GREAT

[@musicsdarkangel]

Best how-to lifting vids on youtube without a doubt. Awesome advice guy, thanks a ton.

[@deonivn]

Your cues are brilliant! Thanks a mill!

[@crazednoob430]

can't look up anything without seeing Scott lol thanks for the videos broski keep it up

[@NahiBaby03]

Love all your videos, thanks so much for posting all these helpful demonstrations!!

[@michaelottinger]

Me every time I watch a video of yours: AWESOME! Now I know to fix my mistakes! Also me: Oh, I've been doing this wrong............................... for the entire year I've been working out.

[@UNGETABLE7]

Best instructional video for RDL's on the net!

[@StevoJN]

It takes a while to get your body used to doing RDL, I do them all the time now, but I wasn't comfy either, but after a couple of months I can see that when done right they do great things for you. Keep the weight light for a while and have a spotter watching your back so you know you're not arching the wrong way

[@kulveersingh-rs9yg]

Your videos are very helpful! Thank you for all the good work!

[@gertlarsson9285]

Very good instruction video😊👍 for me as late beginner of these “strange” exercises, but important I now realise, it’s really helpful

[@ScottHermanFitness]

You are very welcome :) Thank you for the kind words :)

[@BOOMATHLETICS]

Looking up puts pressure in the cervical spine which can end up being detrimental. Looking up is a good method to prevent rounding or flexion, but if it can be done with a chin tuck it's optimal.

[@atlblu666]

Excellent demo, Scott. Great teaching points.

[@capoman1]

"Hermanites?" Sounds like an STD.

[@ScottHermanFitness]

capoman1 you would know

[@capoman1]

If I were to contract an std, Hermanites would be at the top of my list.

[@joelscb]

wrecked him scott

[@alexglase765]

I like how Scott replies 2 years later and the OP still replies

[@DrPsHistoryChannel]

Hi Scott, How much weight do you recommend for a pretty fit, 49-year-old woman? Thanks - you are a great teacher!

[@Diced2thesox]

Thanks a lot scott. Love the way you explain things to us. Greetings from Morocco!

[@osmandogan8927]

O understand very good. Thank you Scatt

[@USSJ2Otaku3084]

I have a Gorilla Bow and one of the workouts mentioned RDL. I was so confused 😂. Thanks for this dude!!

[@isol]

Best explanation ever seen.

[@sssseeeeeeeeeeyyyyaa]

I'm romanian and I approve this message!

[@lukebelliveau7375]

this exercise was made popular by coach dragomir cioroslan and lifter nicu vlad obviously both are from romania. dragomir had nicu do this to help the middle part of his clean and snatch pull. an iron mind journalists saw them do it after a coaching seminar in the usa. he asked what they were doing, they didnt have a name for it so they decided to call it the romanian deadlift.

[@killaswaggaful]

Love the fact you the warning of goin to low

[@rOcKdUdE143]

Can you do a video on all of the pre and post workout stretches please? I know most of us will benefit from an increased knowledge of stretches

[@hadrov]

Scott man you're awesome! Thank you so much for all these videos!

[@PhuongTran-hm4dy]

I know it’s a bit too late to ask this question but is the bar supposed to make contact with our legs all the time while doing the RD? Please help ^^

[@surfbouy]

Yes, and the same is true for every style of DL that I know of. Hope that helps. Keep lifting!

[@PhuongTran-hm4dy]

surfbouy thanks for taking your time to answer my question. Let’s train even haahdaaaah!!!

[@RoyJeebok]

Love your videos, Scott!

[@darkfoxx87]

yes, this exercise will help strengthen your back just like other compound movements do.

[@JakeJarmel]

Great info on the RDL, but holy cow that room needs some soundproofing!

[@arnoldgranson5696]

Hello 👋 how are you doing?

[@yazlonghorn]

Hey Scott, thanks for these videos. I find 'em helpful :) Greets from Finland.

[@PurpleMoose08]

scraping your shins/knees is a pretty normal thing, and as far as i know a good thing too, because if you scrape your knees or shins it means that you're keeping the bar closer to your center/core, thereby putting less strain on your spine

[@TheCrafterVideos]

I am Romanian and i aprove this !

[@moviedude22]

LOVIN' These back to basics tutorials!

[@gohanbeatz9798]

I always never skipped leg day. Now to try this work out.

[@Dragontron20]

Patrick: "You're hot." Lol thx for the instruction my man

[@XXSomeDudeXX]

I concur. This is the only way you'll find me doing deadlifts in the gym.

[@thomasbryans6547]

This is very helpful, even 10 years later!

[@ScottHermanFitness]

I do deads on back day usually :)

[@TheNewCooper]

Why this dude look like Jeff Cavalier’s long lost son?

[@MonsterFishKeepersPH]

not a single resemblance

[@scumbag1731]

Roy Miketsukami I can see a resemblance

[@stephen7953]

lol yeah i can see it now

[@ltlwatcher]

@@MonsterFishKeepersPH they are both shirtless. Maybe it's genetic.

[@peterk.2108]

cousin*

[@wolfy9005]

1:00 If your back is arched, you're doing an SLDL wrong. You gotta push the weight towards your body to keep it up/down, and you pivot in the middle. If your back arches, you fail. Either the weight is too high, or you form sucks. But yeah, SLDL feels more stable so I do it over RDLs

[@staceymontalbano122]

Love your videos Scott!!

[@JP-cu2gm]

Good video, incl demo of what not to do. Thanks.

[@alexdehaan9581]

trust your stuff man! first day of actual meal prep today. im up 30lbs from my start

[@thetruepure2]

Done correctly, this should make your hams sore as fuck the next day.

[@ScottHermanFitness]

thetruepure2 damn right!!!

[@thetruepure2]

ScottHermanFitness Over the course of the month since I've watched your video, my hams are noticeably larger to the sight and touch. I've also gained a few inches on my vertical. Keep up the good work.

[@Ymiraku]

well i must have done it correctly then because my hams are sore as fuck, as are my traps and rhomboids.

[@StoicHermitMonk]

You're right and they are.

[@MrDizzle510]

see i thought u had to touch the ground ..... know i know y my back hurts thanks scott ur a guru.... know any ways how to heal my back

[@masterdrummer19]

wish i would have watched this before tryn... now my back is fucked up

[@stevethea5250]

jack bad back

[@mariusjosipovic8953]

Hows ur back bro ?

[@dylanlove9189]

@@mariusjosipovic8953 that was 5 years ago my guy

[@NotChoMamasChannel]

Good explanation esp about over extending and compromising your back! Thanks

[@hyperloke]

Superb demo

[@andreg127]

Is it better to do this exercise with heavy weights and low reps? Or doable weights that can get higher reps? Sometimes I feel myself losing grip on heavier weights

[@DrummerBoyJason]

"I'm going to stand sideways for you guys" *turns to camera*

[@2Tall_Powerlifting]

Perfect. I completely agree with everything this guy has said.

[@Armanijesus]

Thanks so much for the video ! detailed without being too long ! thank you again !

[@justnmai]

Sorry what I mean is if you do deads (back day) on Tuesday and squats (legs day) on Wednesday (hypothetically speaking), would you do it back to back or one week you go hard on deads and the next week you go hard on squats?

[@227johnb718]

Perfect. Couldn't have asked for better form and attempt speed

[@fabianmarin8514]

Great video. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[@eliottmorales1877]

Great video very informative.

[@tomsummers3018]

Thank you dude I'm going to try deadlift for the first time today

[@313StEvE1]

Good video. I appreciate your recognition of form. It's the most important part of any weight training. Oh...and put a shirt on.

[@christopherstutley5297]

Great explanation.

[@fishgutz4272]

I do this with dumbbells too. That is how I first learned it.

[@PieroSiOaie]

Cheers from Romania!

[@ahmadharis518]

Brilliantly explained.

[@mohamedzarkany]

That helped alot i improved my move because of you thanks alot

[@stargon88]

I knew I was going to low, thanks for clarifying!