What do you call a regular barbell deadlift that begin in the upright position (in other words: A Romanian deadlift from the start, but then performed like a regular deadlift)?
For some reason I benefit from this deadlift variation, emphasizing the negatives.
this?
Partially. The lift starts like this. Then from the top position you perform regular deadlifts - top down and back up again, for one rep.
Dorian Deadlifts.
at least in this video he didn’t start from the top. but I bet your right after reading the description
Thanks! Considering Dorian was a thinking man’s bodybuilder - do you know his outline behind this deadlift version?
He probably thought something like “RDLs are God-like for hypertrophy, and a lot of the strength in doing them comes from the constant tension and the slow eccentric. If I do it like this I can lift more weight and get a lot of the same benefits”.
He was probably doing it for back thickness more than anything. This is of course speculation as I’m not a “bodybuilding guy”. He probably had other exercises in his program for training the hammies in the full range of motion.
