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Straight leg deadlifts

From Sporto a natural bodybuilder:

The way I perform my straight leg deadlifts is like this. Yes, I am completely aware that my legs aren't locked entirely straight - that is on purpose. I have a slight bend in the knees similar to what a RDL is only I don't sit back as far and I don't stop just below the knees...I go straight down and all the way to the floor. That's why I label this as a hybrid. Either way, this completely fries my glutes and high hamstrings, so however it may look, it certainly works for me! I admit the quality is a little bad, but that's because it was taken with my phone at the time. Enjoy!
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Bryce said…
Looks exactly like what I call an RDL, and these have become a very important part of my training of late. I do them in a slow eccentric/quick concentric fashion, and I feel the are amazing for hamstring flexibility/strength/hypertrophy.

Good stuff . . . this is not a weak man.
December 17, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Chad said…
It is also a safe lift, done everyday by housewives (among others) everywhere. But here in the States, you'll have Physical Therapists cringing at that move, telling people to not even think about lifting a pillow in that fashion! Even though, as shown here, mechanically, it can be safe.
December 18, 2009 at 4:34 AM
Jaime said…
Provided you hip hinge correctly, and properly execute hip extension (vs trunk flexion and rounding of the spine *as most people who pick things up tend to do*), there's nothing wrong wth this lift.

It's a solid posterior chain move; as I'm sure most PTs would agree.
December 18, 2009 at 10:20 AM
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