How to RDL Without Back Pain!😳

If you can't do an RDL without your low back feeling fragile or even back pain, here's something to try. So, take your steps back. — Okay. Can you feel the tension trying to pull the bar away? — That engages what? Engages your lats. Stiffen the core. Hinge down to the top of the knee. Keep the bar painting your thighs. Pause. Then come back up. Engages that difference. — Mhm. So, not only are we engaging our lats to a greater degree, which is helpful for stabilizing the spine against shearing loads, but also that bar is staying really close to your body, which means a shorter moment arm, which means less shearing loads on your spine as well. So, two for one, we're having a better, more controlled RDL. Do you feel more confident in that bottom position or hinge? — Yes. — Does that feel different? More glute and hamstring. — Yeah. Thank you.