Advanced
Deadlift
Lift a loaded bar from the floor. Full body strength.
- Works
- Glutes, Hamstrings, Lower back, Traps
- Equipment
- Barbell
How to do it
- 1Stand with the bar over the middle of your feet, feet hip width apart.
- 2Hinge down and grip the bar just outside your legs.
- 3Drop your hips until your shins touch the bar, chest up, back flat.
- 4Push the floor away and stand up, keeping the bar against your legs.
- 5Lower it by pushing your hips back first.
Coach's tips
- Take the slack out of the bar before you pull.
- Reset your brace before every rep.
Barbell taken? Do this instead
Same muscles, different equipment. Closest match first.