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maxattack · 04-09-2008, 06:23 AM

Is there a difference between a "Straight leg Deadlift" and a "Romainian Deadlift". I guess I never really thought about it before until I tried really focusing on my form the other day.

For the Romainian Deadlift I always keep my back arched, legs straight and tried to push my butt as far back as a could when lowering the weight to my fartherest depth....really feeling a stretch in my hamstrings.

I was watching some others, as well as a couple of vids on the internet, that showed a RDL as more of a bent-legged DL that more or less raised the weight using more of a "good-morning" approach.

I just never new if there was a difference between the two, or if one was better than the other?

04-09-2008, 06:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
maxattack Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 155 My Profile	Romainian Deadlift form Is there a difference between a "Straight leg Deadlift" and a "Romainian Deadlift". I guess I never really thought about it before until I tried really focusing on my form the other day. For the Romainian Deadlift I always keep my back arched, legs straight and tried to push my butt as far back as a could when lowering the weight to my fartherest depth....really feeling a stretch in my hamstrings. I was watching some others, as well as a couple of vids on the internet, that showed a RDL as more of a bent-legged DL that more or less raised the weight using more of a "good-morning" approach. I just never new if there was a difference between the two, or if one was better than the other?