Barbell Romanian Deadlift
Hold a barbell in front of your thighs, feet hip-width apart. With a slight knee bend, hinge at your hips and lower the bar down your legs until you feel a stretch in your hamstrings. Return to standing by driving your hips forward.
HAMSTRINGS · LOWER BODY
How it is executed
- Hold a barbell in front of your thighs, feet hip-width apart.
- With a slight knee bend, hinge at your hips and lower the bar down your legs until you feel a stretch in your hamstrings.
- Return to standing by driving your hips forward.
- Muscles worked
- Hamstrings
- Primary muscle
- Hamstrings
- Equipment
- Barbell
- Movement pattern
- Lower body
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- StrengthHypertrophy
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