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Gym 12w
Why is this getting downvoted? Literally the entire intent of bending your knees during an RDL is to take away the leverage from the hamstrings and turn it into a glute movement. Keeping the knee straight and doing an SLDL is far better for the hamstrings
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RDLs ARE NOT A HAMSTRING EXERCISE. Yes, hamstrings will be involved somewhat, but it is primarily a glute exercise and you should not be treating it like a hamstring exercise. It’s like calling bench press a good tricep exercise.
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Anonymous 12w

People are stupid that’s why it’s getting downvoted

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

I see it all the time too, where people I know tell me that their favorite hamstring exercise is RDLs. I don’t want to be the “well actually 🤓☝️” guy every time, but holy shit, an RDL is literally a modified version of a hamstring exercise specifically meant to take the work away from the hamstrings.

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