Single-Leg Romanian Deadlift
Instructions
- Stand with your feet hip-width apart
- Hold a weight in one hand, close to your side and slightly behind your hip
- Shift your weight to the opposite leg, and start to hinge forward at your hips
- Keep the weight-bearing leg slightly bent, and reach your free leg back behind you
- Keep your back flat and core engaged as you hinge forward
- Once you feel a gentle stretch in the back of your leg, pause, then return to the starting position
- Repeat on the opposite side
Benefits
- Lower back: This stretch helps to improve flexibility and strength in the lower back muscles. It helps to reduce tension and tightness in the area and encourages better posture.
- Hamstrings: This stretch helps to increase flexibility and mobility in the hamstrings. It helps to improve range of motion and reduce the risk of injury in this area. It also helps to improve balance and stability.
- Glutes: This stretch helps to strengthen the glute muscles, which can help to improve posture and reduce lower back pain. It also helps to improve balance and stability in the lower body.
- Calves: This stretch helps to improve flexibility and mobility in the calf muscles. It helps to reduce tension in the area and encourages better posture. It also helps to improve balance and stability.
- Quadriceps: This stretch helps to increase flexibility and strength in the quadriceps muscles. It helps to reduce tension and tightness in the area and encourages better posture. It also helps to improve balance and stability in the lower body.