Hunter explained it well.
A deadlift starts and ends at the floor. When you start lifting, first you extend the knee with the quads and then you finish by extending the hips.
The RDL starts at the top. You lower the weight by pushing your butt backwards and stop when there is a max stretch (bar will be about knee high or perhaps a bit lower depending on your particular anatomy) - then you drive up by extending the hips and locking out. There is little to no knee flexion on the way down nor extension on the way up.
Dan John has a great video about teaching the RDL - I'll see if I can find a link for it.
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