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Doesn't this make it inevitably partially a squat? I'm only interested in the back workout. Normally I like to isolate muscle groups in workouts because I know exactly how much of the workout is being done by a specific muscle group. Also I know one muscle group isn't the "weakest link" and causing the other(s) to not work out as much as they could / enough.

For instance I'm thinking to use a sitting cable lat machine as a deadlift machine in my one complex gym as it has limited machines. But that would involve keeping my legs straight and essentially doing a row motion where I don't pull in with the arms or push out with the legs.

Doesn't this make it inevitably partially a squat? I'm only interested in the back workout. Normally I like to isolate muscle groups in workouts because I know exactly how much of the workout is being done by a specific muscle group. Also I know one muscle group isn't the "weakest link" and causing the other(s) to not work out as much as they could / enough. For instance I'm thinking to use a sitting cable lat machine as a deadlift machine in my one complex gym as it has limited machines. But that would involve keeping my legs straight and essentially doing a row motion where I don't pull in with the arms or push out with the legs.

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[–] • 6 pts

Because you'll blow out your knees.

[–] • 1 pt

Ok so ultimately it's about keeping the back straight and not having your legs locked for knee reasons. You often have to squat down further to keep your back straight while picking up the bar. So you could have near straight leg dead lifts and be fine so long as all the heights of the bars etc were perfect.

[–] • 2 pts

The closest thing to a straight leg deadlift is Romanian deadlift which still doesn't target back unless you're doing it wrong.