How To Perfect Your Deadlift

The deadlift is a complex lift often performed poorly in the gym, however once perfected, the deadlift may become the most important lift in your training arsenal! To develop a strong and efficient deadlift, you must master the hip hinge and create tension through the upper back and trunk before any weight can be added to the bar.

- Wole Adesemoye

HERE’S HOW:

• Place your feet under the bar, in a narrow stance directly below your hips, with your shins as close to the bar as possible (individuals with large body types may need to start further away from the bar, then pull themselves closer once in position) and your toes pointing either straight forward or very slightly outwards.

• Standing tall- with soft knees, neutral spine, and your head in alignment - break at the hips and push your bum back, allowing your upper body to tilt forward until you feel a significant stretch in the hamstrings. It is important to keep the shins vertical at this point, imagining that your legs are buried up to your knees

in the sand while you drive your hips back. This will cause some flexion at the knee; however, you are not focusing on bending the knee similar to a squatting movement, rather you are focusing on simply pushing the bum backward.