Is this the way you do RDL's???
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Russian deadlifts
In simpler, more conventional terms, this is a "flat back" version of the stiff-legged deadlift. With the bar on your back, take a shoulder-width stance and slightly bend the knees.
Don't change the knee angle during the movement! Flex or lower forward from the waist, keeping your chest up and the hip and spine flat (aligned). Only flex forward as far as you can until the spine starts rounding or you get any posterior rotation of the hip. For most, this won't be very far!
You can also accentuate hamstring involvement by pushing the bum back and allowing your weight to drift to your heels during the lowering. Squeeze the glutes during the movement. This increases the hamstring involvement which is, after all, what you're aiming for.
Lower the load over three seconds. Take a one-second pause in the bottom position, and lift the bar in one second. Do a warm-up set of 60% of your work set (about six reps.) Then, do a work set of 8-10 reps. Look out for uneven weight distribution! If one hamstring is more sore the next day than the other, you're unbalanced (workout wise, not necessarily psychologically).
I do mine with the bar off the floor, like a straight leg deadlift, only I bend the knees. I think that, in many ways, it would have the same effect but it's certainly not the same... and how would this get the name "Russian deadlift when it looks a whole heck of a lot more like a good morning?
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