Barbell hinge capped with a sharp traps squeeze.
Shrug up toward your ears, not back, and pause at the top.
The hinge portion is where the money is. Pushing your hips back with a barbell sliding down your thighs loads the hamstrings under a long stretch, and your glutes take over to snap the hips through at the top. The shrug finish tacks a trap squeeze onto every rep, so one bar covers your whole backside from knees to neck.
The hinge trains your hamstrings hard through the stretch, with your glutes driving the hips back to lockout. The shrug at the top adds a trap squeeze as a bonus finisher on every rep.
It saves time and uses the same bar position for two jobs. You are already standing tall with a heavy bar in your hands at the top of each RDL, so the shrug costs nothing extra in setup.
The hinge itself is identical, soft knees, hips back, bar close to your legs. The only change is that you finish each rep by shrugging straight up and pausing before lowering, which usually means slightly lighter loads than your normal RDL.
