Hittin’ our hammies from another direction

Nick | 10/27/2014 | 1

Training our posterior chain is important to both sport performance and to the general functionality of our bodies, so much so that we generally put it under solid load a few times a week.  Today’s RDLs might on the surface seem very similar to our conventional deadlift (another great posterior chain exercise), but they’ll be different on many levels.  We’ll actually be deadlifting the bar to get into our starting position.  From there, we’ll soften the knees and lower the bar as far as we can by only hinging the hips (leaving the knees as they are and, of course, keeping our back straight).  This will most likely not reach the floor unless your hamstring are very mobile.  We’ll want to put some decent weight on the bar, but it should be significantly lighter than weight we’d be looking to use for our conventional deadlifts.  Check out the link below on the RDL to get more insight on this lift.

STR:

Romanian deadlift (RDL) top down
6-6-6-6-6

EMOM 12
suicide sprint (25′ divided into 3rds)
ME DB S2OH

*score is total # of S2OH