Unable to keep lower back straight during Romanian Deadlift
When performing Romanian Deadlifts (currently RPE of 8-10), I'm pretty much unable to keep my lower back straight after a few reps.
In regular Deadlifts I don't have that issue (probably because the weight is set on the ground for a second or so after each rep). On the Romanian Deadlift however, my back starts to round pretty soon. Although my hamstrings and glutes feel like they could deal a lot more weight (or reps), I then always have to stop in order to not hurt my back longterm.
Is that normal? I'm now training for roughly 1,5 years. What can be done about it?
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Others have mentioned correct breathing but i might also suggest that:
1). The weight is too heavy. If you can't do the movement correctly the first response should be to lower the weight until you can. If you can't even do it with the empty bar then there may be another, more structural, issue at hand.
2). You are possibly going to low. For romain deadlifts i would say the form is very much dependent on your mobility. I would only go as low as you can, while maintaing a neutral back position. Some people can go right to the floor, some people go just past the knee.
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