IG - RDL vs SLDL

A lot of people like to say "straight leg RDL" for more hamstring.. or "a more bent knee RDL" etc... There's a reason why there are two different names for them (and no it's not because a SLDL of pulled from the floor).

Cues for both:
✅ push your butt back as far as you can
✅ tuck chin and slightly push head back
✅ slide the bar down your shins
✅ go down until your butt stops moving backwards (there's no advantage to going farther than this)

Do raise your toes. That does nothing.

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[sidneyOT]

You dressed like your girlfriend when she borrows your t shirt for the week

[firozz]

Thank you for keeping it simple, precise and very easy to understand.

[jackvalois]

Such a straight and simple answer to follow. Thx

[mactimo]

The Romanian Deadlift starts at a standing position and is a hinge motion in which the implement does not touch the floor. The stiff-leg deadlift starts on the floor, and is performed identically to a regular deadlift — except you keep your legs stiff throughout the movement.

[chrisdonnell]

Do SDLs work hamstrings better than say leg curl machine?

[imnodog]

For powerlifters, those are both rdls, the only difference between an rdl and a stiff for us is that a stiff comes out from a dead stop as a regular deadlift would, and rdls never touch the ground.

[Olly]

Would you say that the SLDL is at a higher chance of a hamstring tear if the hamstring is overstretched at heavy loads?

Thank you for the video.

[Qertii]

RDLs are supposed to target the hamstrings

[saaien_]

dr mike said opposite of it.... a little bend is also compulsory in sldl.... wrong video

[petersoar]

These are both RDLs with slightly different leg straightness. SLDLs have the same joint angles as RDLs but start from the floor on every rep.

[catedoge]

deadlift starts from the ground boss. what you did was a stiff leg rdl.

[jamesw]

Thumbs are fingers. But not all fingers are thumbs. Apply this as you see fit.

[Ilethsamael]

Isn't SLDL STIFF legged deadlift?

[dryu]

They are both the same things, rdl is just a popularized named for a sldl

[iielysiumx]

They are both RDLs

Alan thrall has a far better video explaining the real differences between the two

[calvcast]

I thought stiff leg deadlifts were RDLs