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FAQ #1: Stiff legged deadlift vs. Romanian deadlift: What’s the difference? The stiff-leg deadlift closely resembles the Romanian deadlift, the difference being the bar starts and finishes each rep on the floor and your legs remain straighter in the stiff leg deadlift vs. the Romanian deadlift...

Deadlift vs. Romanian Deadlift: What’s the Difference? There are five main differences between the deadlift and Romanian deadlift: Starting Position The starting positions of the conventional and Romanian deadlifts differ significantly. The deadlift begins with the bar on the floor, while the...

Have you ever wondered why they call it the Romanian deadlift? It looks similar to the straight-leg deadlift but with a better name. Well, here’s why. It’s called the Romanian deadlift, or RDL for short, because it’s named after the Romanian weightlifter Nicu Vlad, an Olympic medalist in the...

The Romanian deadlift exercise was named after the Romanian weightlifter Nicu Vlad, an Olympic medalist in the ’80s and ’90s. Vlad performed this deadlift variation after finishing his Olympic lifting, and some fellow lifters asked him what he was doing. He said he did them to make his entire...