Help with Romanian Deadlifts

[Xab]

I'm not quite sure I'm doing Romanian Deadlifts correctly. I've been using the workouts in The New Rules of Lifting, and in a few places, Cosgrove has me doing multiple types of deadlifts in the same workout. It feels like I'm doing the same thing by doing both normal and Romanian deadlifts in the same day, but there's gotta be some variation, right?

Can anyone clear this up for me?

 

[[Focus]]

I'm not quite sure I'm doing Romanian Deadlifts correctly. I've been using the workouts in The New Rules of Lifting, and in a few places, Cosgrove has me doing multiple types of deadlifts in the same workout. It feels like I'm doing the same thing by doing both normal and Romanian deadlifts in the same day, but there's gotta be some variation, right?

Can anyone clear this up for me?

RDL's hit the hams more and DL's hit the quads more.

For an RDL you want to be bent over with your back and legs pretty much straight, (with some bending in the knees to allow for proper hip placement), and move the weight up without any real quad involvement, keeping your back straight and your shoulders back. You just wanna straighten from the waist while your arms act as meat hooks (just hang there with the weight attached).

Should look pretty much like .

 

[Xab]

RDL's hit the hams more and DL's hit the quads more.

For an RDL you want to be bent over with your back and legs pretty much straight, (with some bending in the knees to allow for proper hip placement), and move the weight up without any real quad involvement, keeping your back straight and your shoulders back. You just wanna straighten from the waist while your arms act as meat hooks (just hang there with the weight attached).

Should look pretty much like .

That makes sense. Knowing what muscles a given exercise is supposed to work makes it easier to do it with the right form. Thanks, Focus!