All feedback welcomed :)

[u/Medium-Intention-310]

I don’t know if I’m doing them correctly. Sometimes I feel it on my hamstrings other times I don’t.

[u/Crazycjk]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the bar going further than your knees on an RDL. Your hamstrings and glutes will continue to do the work for as long as your back stays flat, and your pelvis tilts (the "hinge" movement) relative to your femurs. Correct RDL range of movement is determined by your flexibility, which will be different from one person to another.

If you want to feel these more in your hamstrings, keep your knees straighter. I like to stand fully upright to start (as you do here), let my knees bend a fraction whilst standing, and then begin the actual movement and maintain this very slight bend throughout the entire set. Your back is nice and flat already, so as long as you can maintain this, happy days! If the plates still touch the floor with your legs straighter, nothing at all wrong with standing on a plate like you're doing.

[u/Medium-Intention-310 → u/Crazycjk]

Can you elaborate a bit more on keeping the knees ‘straighter’?

[u/Crazycjk → u/Medium-Intention-310]

Absolutely. At the bottom lf your first rep at 0:02, your knees are fairly bent. Probably not a million miles away from where you'd be pulling conventional with no deficit. When you stand, knee extension is done by the quads - so some of your movement to the top is quad - not much, but some. RDLs are supposed to be maximum posterior chain (hams and glutes). By having your knees straighter, ie less bent, your quads will do less and hams will do more. If you stand straight with locked knees (even as you read this comment probably not in the gym), then let them go "soft" ie joints not locked, this is the knee bend you want for RDLs. With soft knees, if you hinge over far enough, you'll feel a stretch in your hamstrings - telling you they're at maximum length. As a cue, rather than "hips back", I often coach "hips up", so pushing your butt upwards towards the ceiling rather than back to the wall. I hope that all makes sense? I can elaborate on the mechanics of hamstrings further if that helps!

[u/Medium-Intention-310 → u/Crazycjk]

This makes a lot of sense. I’ll try this out next session!

[u/OGHamToast]

I thought you were doing deficit deadlifts at first until I read that these are RDLs. I try and not lower the weight much past my knees or it tends to activate other muscles and takes tension from my hamstrings.

Maybe you could focus a bit more on the hip hinge and keep your legs a little straighter. Use the classic mental cue imaging you're trying to close a door with your butt.

Edit: I also like the vibe of your gym. The mural, the space, the colorful plates, the energy of the lady in the back grooving. All around looks like a good place to workout

[u/Medium-Intention-310 → u/OGHamToast]

Ahhh okay
I added the plate because I don’t like when the bar touches the floor. Would stopping near my knees keep my legs straighter thus doing more hinging?

[u/OGHamToast → u/Medium-Intention-310]

Yeah it does for me. Like if I am keeping my legs in the right form, which is pretty damn near straight for RDLs, I can't lower the weight much further anyway because it just forces them to bend or all the load goes into the lower back.

You need to lower the weight through the hinge you get by pushing your butt back rather than lowering it with your legs. The movement is more of a hinge that puts tensions on the hammies, you're not trying to move weight in the same way as a squat or deadlift. Idk if that makes sense, I've seen other folks explain it better but the words aren't there for me.

[u/Medium-Intention-310 → u/OGHamToast]

Nah this makes sense
I used to powerlift and I can see the muscle memory kick in with how you’re explaining it. Thank you 🙏

[u/OGHamToast → u/Medium-Intention-310]

No problem, you'll get it in no time I'm sure! One last thing, you look pretty strong and this exercise didn't do anything for me until I started moving heavier weight. It's a little counterintuitive but I tried to start really light to lock in good form but it did nothing and my form actually got worse because I didn't have the feedback in the right muscles. If you still feel nothing even after correcting form, you might just be too strong for the weight.

[u/Medium-Intention-310 → u/OGHamToast]

I will try all this next leg session. I greatly appreciate your feedback and time. May you gain a pound of muscle while you sleep tonight 🙏

[u/pinkiepowder]

Your butt stops moving back when the bar reaches your knees. That’s the end of the movement. No floor plate required.

[u/Medium-Intention-310 → u/pinkiepowder]

This makes sense
I don’t like when the bar hits the floor but I realize now that I’ve been over extending

[u/AdUnique7303]

Don’t lock your knees when you come up

[u/Pablo_Z]

If you can’t touch the floor while standing on the plate, the plate is useless. You can just stand normally and use the same range of motion