difference between sldls and rdls?

[majutsu]

Is there a difference. I can't see one. Is it just two different names for the same movement?

 

[gymtime]

What's an rdl?

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

Romanian deadlift

 

[gymtime]

What the fock is that?

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

What the fock is that?

LOL!!! go to the sticky on Training Methods and Exercise Descriptions

 

[majutsu]

But is there a difference I still can't tell . . .

 

[bignate73]

rdl: the bar essentially drags down the leg to the point where you feel stretch in the hams. slight bend in the knee. you only go down as far as you can to keep the lower back arched.

sldl: legs may be fairly straight or slightly bent, but the ROM tends to be a little deeper. some even round the back a bit.

key difference is the amount of leg bend (more in a RDL), the back is arched. with RDL's ive seen the bar travel only to just above the knee and back up.

 

[anthrax]

key difference is the amount of leg bend (more in a RDL), the back is arched. with RDL's ive seen the bar travel only to just above the knee and back up.

Ditto

with SLDL the bar travel to the floor

 

[coolcolj]

RDL - hips go back bar close to body

SLDL - hips do not go back

RDL = safer

SLDL = timebomb on the lower back

 

[majutsu]

thanks guys, I guess my "RDL" was really a hybrid then. Thanks alot. On westside, with no revhyper or GHR, which is best for hams, sldl or rdl?