Online Personal Trainer - Andy Griffiths

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Dumbbell RDL

KEY COACHING POINTS:

  • Shoulder blades pinned back

  • Slight bend in the knees

  • Push your hips back/to the sky (drive you bum back) whilst maintaining a neutral spine (hinge at the hips)

  • Keep the dumbbells close to your body

  • Chase the stretch in the back of the legs (hamstrings)

  • Drive up by squeezing your glutes into the dumbbells (don't hyperextend the lower back at the top) 

  • Finish the Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift in the upright position with your core braced and your glutes firmly tensed

MAIN MUSCLE - HAMSTRINGS

Check out my full RDL tutorial below for more coaching points