Cathe: what are Romanian deadlifts?

[JoyceMarie]

Hi Cathe!

I'm just wondering what these are exactly, and is this the way you (and all of us! ) do deadlifts in your workouts? Or are they completely different?

I *did* search this forum for info on these, but I didn't find anything that answered my question...

Thanks so much!
Joyce

 

[jgoycoolea]

I believe they are the same as Cathe's "quarter deadlifts" in MIS. You lower the bar just below the knees and you don't come the whole way back up.

Please correct me someone if I am a little off.

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Joyce! The "RDL" is what I refer to as a quarter deadlift. Yes, it is the way we do them in the workouts.

As I understand it a Romanian Dead lift is not based out of Romania. Supposedly American lifters saw a World Champion weightlifter from Romania performing this exercise back in the ‘50’s and this started the catchy phrase "Romanian Deadlift".

 

[JoyceMarie]

Thanks for such a quick response Cathe! And thanks for the additional info jgoycoolea!

Joyce