Are you commenting on where he sets up for the 25 degrees? I was referring to the position he was in after he pulled his hips up, right before the weight comes off the ground. That doesn't look like 25 degrees to me. I also said close to parallel, and is a long ways off from the 45 degree angles I have seen listed as correct form. The form looks a lot like mine, which I heard was bad and was working on corrections.
Yep. Right as the weight comes up, he's at 25.
You make an interesting, point, though. This thread has definitely been revealing for me. I dropped my poundage on this lift way down to do it something like he is, except I bring my hips right down to the 45 degree mark. When I do, though, I feel it in my delts and quads more than my back. Oddly enough, I feel RDL's in my back rather than my hams, despite the fact that my form is very good from what I can tell. (I've filmed it and analysed it, lol... I really am quite a nerd).
The thing is, I can lift 2 to 3 times the weight on normal DLs by doing them more like the guy in the second video. And, as they say, if you're able to lift like that consistently without hurting yourself, what is "the right way"? I feel so much more powerful just tearing the weight off the ground than doing this silly 45 degree straight-backed ballerina ****. So, yeah, I dunno. I've also never been injured, in any way, in my entire life, (and I was quite active and did some incredibly dangerous things, at times) so I'm really not at all concerned about hurting myself with a little rounding of my back. I just feel like I should do it right... but if doing it "right" is giving me a lesser workout than just givin' er and getting that weight off the ground, well, that's pretty dumb, isn't it?
