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Lower-body compound

Romanian Deadlift

Trains hamstrings first, with real work landing on glutes, erectors, core and more.

Muscle contribution per set

Hamstrings1
Glutes.60
Erectors.35
Core.30
Forearms.25

These are the weights Forge's volume audit actually computes with — deliberately conservative, so compounds don't masquerade as full coverage. A 0.5 means a set counts as half a set for that muscle: meaningful help, not a replacement for direct work.

Tempo

4down
0pause
1up
0squeeze

Extended eccentric (4 s) emphasises hamstring and glute stretch in lengthened position; classic posterior-chain hypertrophy approach per Wilk 2021 ecc emphasis.

Soft knees, neutral spine; feel hamstring stretch, hinge from hips.

Derived from tempo research on this movement class — Schoenfeld BJ, Ogborn DI, Krieger JW; Wilk M, Zając A, Tufano JJ.

How Forge progresses it

Progresses by load: +2.5kg the session after you earn it. The engine watches your reps and how hard the top set felt before adding.

Train with intention. Open Forge — it prescribes the weight, watches the reps, and does this arithmetic for every set you log.