Smith Machine RDL

How to do it

1. Set the bar on the rails at hip height.
2. Grip just outside your thighs, stand tall, knees soft.
3. Push your hips back and let the bar run down the rails to mid-shin.
4. Drive the hips forward to stand.
5. The fixed path means you can focus entirely on the hip hinge.

Muscles it trains

Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.

Other ways to train this

• Romanian Deadlift BarbellIntermediate
• Dumbbell Stiff-Leg Deadlift Dumbbells
• Good Morning BarbellProfessional
• Conventional Deadlift BarbellProfessional
• Cable Pull-Through Cable machine
• Back Extension Bench
• Kettlebell Swing KettlebellsIntermediate
• Single-Leg Romanian Deadlift DumbbellsIntermediate
• Band Good Morning Resistance bands
• Sumo Deadlift BarbellProfessional

Photos and form cues from free-exercise-db, released into the public domain.