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Barbell Romanian Deadlift (RDL)

BackBarbell

Description

Execution

  1. Hinge at the hips:

    • Push your hips backward, keeping a slight bend in the knees (soft knees).
    • Lower the barbell along the front of your thighs/shins while maintaining a neutral spine.
    • Keep the bar close to your body.

Muscles

Front
Back

Primary muscles

  • Hamstrings
  • Glutes

Secondary muscles

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Description and images from the open wger exercise database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (authors: wger.de, jptjptjptjpt, daiben). Translations by Calix are shared under the same license. Muscle diagrams: wger project (AGPL-3.0).