The BEST Single-Leg RDL Tutorial (Romanian Deadlift)

Learn the step-by-step process to performing a perfect single leg RDL as well as fixes for the common faults you see when performing.
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[@stillliving7167]

this movement might be the most underrated excerise ever. the king stability excerise. strengthing the glute med, foot/ankle stability, and teaching the hip hinge and the flexion of the hamstring and glutes activation. 👑

[@kevink6045]

It's the only exercise that absolutely fires up my super junky glute/inner thigh/core chain every time. It's critical for someone who has scar tissue from an injury like a hernia

[@tugaykaya7738]

maybe perfect for warmup thenn

[@davidballard4405]

came here to say all of this. nobody ever talks about it. i never see anyone doing it

[@GoodByeSkyHarborLive]

@@davidballard4405 how manty sets you do and can you do 3x a week?

[@davidballard4405]

@@GoodByeSkyHarborLive I like doing 3x10 as a stretch and balance exercise almost daily. I like doubling that or taking myself to failure on hamstring workout days

[@GautamDewan]

This is probably the best single leg RDL tutorial in all of KZbin.

[@Maya_s1999]

Agree!

[@TyphanyGarcia]

Preach

[@hayleyhooper7523]

Agree!

[@Maya_s1999]

The elastic band tip was mindblowing - I just had to stop the video and try it. Boom! Another problem fixed. I don't know how to thank you, between your book Rebuilding Milo and your tips on Correct Toes and technique videos I have been thoughtfully rehabbing myself from plantar fasciitis, nagging back and knee pain and rebuilding my technique from the ground up. Super grateful!!!

[@aliveormedicated]

i’m here for plantar fasciitis as well. any wisdom you have for me? i’m trying everything

[@tracitownsend9808]

I always seem to twist my pelvis on one side. So glad to see that being highlighted here!

[@JustSnowglow]

The first time I did these it blasted my hams and have helped me so much. I can't wait to see everything I've been doing wrong 😂

[@rezjedi]

I really love how you explain what muscles are targeted and how they affect your overall posture and bodily functions. I have had pelvis/hip issues from pregnancy and all these explanations help with my pt.

[@khaledbechkoura4400]

I was think single leg rdl target only gluts meduis

[@iandavies7991]

Dude, I've just recently discovered your channel and after watching one video about squat technique, I am able to perform them comfortably whereas they were problematic for me before. Thanks, your depth of knowledge and skill is insane

[@brycejohnson7894]

I was just about to go to the gym and do this exercise. Perfect timing. Thanks

[@SquatUniversity]

You're welcome!

[@Bored0720]

Because of your advice I've incorporated these into my new workout program and WOW, glute medius definitely lighting up and showing the instability despite how strong it may be. I'm really trying to ingrain strength≠stability and I need to focus on each independently lol. Thanks for all you do!

[@brettkarczynski5361]

I was just about to program my next group of exercises and had planned on including the single leg RDL and well apparently (along with being one of the most informative channels on KZbin thank you!) you also read minds.

[@christophervaca7116]

I found squat university to help with pain and range of motion. I stay watching for the gains. Thanks for another great upload.

[@TheFrankiemyers]

As someone who is trying to get their CPT I very much appreciate the skeletal and muscular views. This really helps my visualize and understand the workout

[@davebarbjensen6444]

Thank you for an excellent tutorial on the single leg RDL! Your explanations and reasoning make so much sense. Thank you!

[@afrikanboy123]

Saw the title and i rolled my eyes, but honestly really impressed by the thought put into this technique! Loved the video!

[@Adrian-cn5rk]

I don't think I saw dude blink once when he was staring you down lol

[@SquatUniversity]

Game face 💯

[@onengkusumah2905]

plot twist, he's a robot

[@harlan5339]

Stopppppp lmaooooo

[@gublaman]

@@onengkusumah2905 He's doing a screen record

[@DiceMasterChannel]

9:02 blink 😉

[@robwood777]

I started doing these after watching another one of your videos. They work really well to relieve my IT discomfort in my knee and upper glute /lower back area

[@SquatUniversity]

I'm glad you found them so helpful - I'm a big fan of using them in the treatment plan for both of those issues

[@ommaigod]

I love this move, as well as your clear explain. This is one of the best vids I've seen from you.

[@helmutkrusemann9194]

Your content is BOMB! I learned so much from your channel and many movements that causes pain, I can do pain free now. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING SO MUCH VALUABLE CONTENT! I really appreciate this! If you don´t mind, please make a video whats the difference between stiff leg deadlift and romanian deadlift and how to execute them properly with barbells and dumbbels. Thank you

[@leonardocainca4317]

These contents are leaking gold. Pen on the left hand, blank page underneath, essential tips on movement and body exercises ready to be acquired, thanks to a great scholar and channel. Thank you again and again Dr. Aaron Horschig and Squat University Team.

[@juliebailis7590]

This video was excellent. Very clear, informative, and well-paced. Thank you!

[@susanx6782]

i normally only feel pain in my lower back doing normal rdls and not single leg but today i did it and my back was hurting so bad, i always avoid every workout that hurts my back but i can’t let this one go 😭 thank you for you vid

[@adammiller9179]

I can relate. These never aggravated my lower back but many other things have over the last year. Still working on it. This exercise is actually what helped me perfect my core bracing for hip hinge movements.

[@Jenierf]

The first time I watch your channel and I love dit. The explanation was over the top. I really like the single rdl. Thank you ❤😊

[@acap5399]

Thank you for the awesome content you provide.

[@migmagingenieria]

Great vid!!! Thanks a lot for sharing! Awesome simple way to keep improving ourselves and help others!!!!

[@deb52811]

Great video - great thorough explanation of the reasons for things!

[@J2day2]

Thanks, I was desperately looking for a simple hamstring exercise to rehab my knee without need of complex setup. Felt it in my hamstrings and glutes when pointing my trailing leg toes inwards! What a great tip, Thanks man!

[@Force_Dynamics]

Fantastic tutorial. You broke this motion down beautifully.

[@n34z3r]

Def like this. A big help and an added piece to the puzzle of legs

[@marcuspasa]

BAM! Just the thing i needed. Great vid. Many thanks.

[@nikolaikrauseneck6796]

So many details - all around great tutorial!

[@zainabalkazemi]

Thank you for the amazing explanation & the tips 🙏🏻

[@ashwinkumar8448]

Just the video I needed. Thanks a ton❤️

[@caseycallison135]

Great info here! Thank you for the breakdown of the single leg rdl!

[@hectorbautistasala]

I love your tutorials!!!

[@ranjanagundumane5949]

Clear demonstration. Helpful. Thank you so much.

[@HaliSowle]

Thanks for a great explaination. Super video, it helped me fix some of the problems I was having.

[@no79way]

Best video in the history of KZbin 😃 thanks 🙏

[@11658221]

This is so informative. Thank you Dr.

[@axellampe3865]

This is the best RDL Tutorial ever !! THX

[@sailors7870]

I almost fell thinking it didn't look so hard thank you so much

[@ThePplzChampion]

Best channel ever!

[@anthonymwanje8398]

Your step by step demo has been great👍the alert cues were awesome to me b'se I've been doing RDL wrong

[@saad-1]

Great instruction Dr. Aaron. Thank you 🙌🏋️‍♀️👏

[@alanconsidine8432]

Only came across your videos y.day have watched 2 esp on the knee and also on getting into a deep suat and useing a weighted plate for balence. It has made some difference and also love the detail you go into showing how to position the foot for the RDL.

[@stevesorensen9648]

Nicely done! I've had issues with twisting my hip on the way down. I'll focus more now on keeping that back foot pointing straight down. Thank you for the in depth information information.

[@MissBardoJeep]

Thank you so much for providing all this for free.

[@AmitKumar-qf1oj]

this movement is absolutely insane! fixed all my lower back and leg imbalances

[@robertbensson1852]

Very clear tutorial!

[@Gfly888]

Amazing! learnt a lot from this 🙏👍

[@BMXTraining]

The coaching technique with the band made a ton of sense, even just imagining it, kept my hips horizontal to the ground at extension. Thank you for the effort and communication skills.

[@Yupppi]

Thank you so much. My physiotherapist had me do some exercises for that tilted hip, as a consequence I wanted to add a bit more complex accessory and maintenance exercise for legs. So I decided that the king of them, single-legged rdl would be the choice (coincidentally I didn't understand that it was doing the same job but more complex motor pattern). However the imbalance was pretty high, the stability, ankle mobility and everything was weird and off because I didn't understand hwo the exercise is performed exactly. I had seen it on youtube but I didn't see the cues and details. This clears it very well and makes my training more coherent and actually starts helping the imbalances instead of emphasizing them by allowing a skewed version of the exercise that lends itself to those weaknesses.

[@BI10000]

Excellent content.Thanks!

[@SpecialPenguinnn]

This is perfect. I can do this with lower back pain. I have tried just about every deadlift/rdl style. This one seems to help my lower back.

[@poji23]

Great explanation, if only I found this sooner!

[@m_from_london]

really good quality of teaching! thanks for sharing.. all 7 salient points noted!!

[@elettramia6380]

Absolutely simple and to the point. Thanks for the help. I did 100 on each leg and man it was definitely burning the muscle. So glad to have found this with proper form teachings on this exercise. It’s actually pretty hard to find a leg workout that targets the back of the thighs. And as a woman I’m pretty happy about that it targets both the back of the thighs and butt. 2 in one workout

[@timce9220]

100??

[@trh227]

What are back of thighs? Do you mean hamstrings?

[@elettramia6380]

@@trh227 yes what else would that possibly mean? They are synonymous.

[@elettramia6380]

@@timce9220 yes. I do 25 reps for my glute warm up on each leg to activate my glutes. So I don’t count those 25 reps on each leg as part of my workout just my active warmup. Then I do 75 more reps on each leg for the total workout while using a 35 pound kettlebell on All reps including the warm up. They also are great for toning your calves. I will Never skip this workout for leg day even when I’m feeling lazy, this is my go to workout for leg day. I do leg day 2 times a week and this is always one of them. The other leg day I use self resistance band which includes 600 reps and I also do the 25 RDL reps with the kettlebell on each leg for warm up on that day too.

[@zenetheajones2858]

Thank God I came across this video.. I couldn't figure out how to not have back pain doing this excerise

[@elinas8051]

Damn this video was precise, I am amazed how detailed and easy to understand this was

[@kylemorrison2867]

One of my two favorite leg exercises.

[@19grand]

Another great video.

[@seren.itywrites]

Such a great video!

[@huishi3082]

sooooo great!! and clear instructions!!!

[@Brockthedog315]

Good advice. My mods to this is reaching in front of the planted foot and touching the weight to the ground for more stretch. Then swinging the pendulum leg thru and in front of me for even more movement. I have also found that letting your free hand touch a pole or whatnot in front to better balance you is perfectly fine as you still get all of the glute / hamstring focus and burn. Keep the toe down is the big takeaway here and makes this all work. Great pointing that out!

[@Venya3213]

For sure, the BEST Single-Leg RDL Tutorial

[@MrDeclan753]

Excellent video, thank you so much!

[@miriam808]

Great stuff!! Thanks a lot

[@natashasimeonidis3593]

Fantastic vid, thanks!!!!

[@sarahmcdonagh2662]

great video. helps me so much.

[@thy_jasonest]

Top-notch tutorial, thank you!

[@shantanusapru]

Thank you for this! Awesome video!!

[@SquatUniversity]

You're welcome

[@jibinjacob.]

Really really helpful!! Thanks a lot🙏

[@CindyHouck]

Wow the model is amazing. He held the first pose for almost 40 seconds before he was told to move, and he was rock-solid.

[@user-ku3fz2ci2w]

This is gold thanks

[@paulao220]

Best RDL tutorial 👌 ❤ 🙌

[@savannahswift6778]

This is AWESOME.

[@thlp6872]

Thank you for this video 💜💯

[@jamesrosales89]

thankyou so much for these !

[@edlocke6013]

outstanding!

[@inquisitor4635]

Excellent instruction.

[@ne_zabyc_dadac]

Great video, thanks

[@spou20]

So helpful, thank you

[@TInyK12]

thought it was simple exercise but much more nuance to it...great video

[@pewpewpro3309]

I know it’s been said, but this content is so valuable.

[@RafaelAlonsoprof]

Using the band is really a nice idea, tks!

[@zymeenachavis895]

Omg I felt my glutes!!!! Ugh love this channel ❤️❤️❤️

[@kylevids3951]

Awesome explanation

[@melaniemcneil407]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@tshiamomathepa315]

This helped me a lot

[@ranjpanol]

Well detailed video. thanks

[@mrbreeze9116]

Good job dude

[@larrywallace2881]

Great 👍 instructional video ❤

[@amblincork]

I havent seen reference to the role of the lower and opposite back muscle before in doing these lifts !! And my right heel pivoting outwards is an issue for me when running so great to see this reference also !! I an quite unbalanced as a runner which has caused a number of persistent injury issues for me .Thanks for video.

[@wayneryan586]

Hmm looks like good little exercise that I will try. Thanks

[@Lalalalalelo]

This is useful. Thank you.

[@Eudaimonia88]

Fantastic!

[@amitkatoch3810]

Very informative sir👍👍

[@TyphanyGarcia]

This was gooooooood ! Yes 🙌🏽

[@SarahKing-zx1lq]

This video is really good, the detail is awesome. I have to say the real star though was Ed. What a machine 💯

[@pedrocontrerasavendano8578]

Great great video

[@heidithepotter2479]

Thank you! So helpful!