EOTW!

Dead lifts.
Sounds painful… can become painful! If you don’t do it right.
This is an exercise that can benefit the rest of your workouts because of the leg muscles and lower back that it will strengthen.
But as mentioned above, you can do it wrong and if you do that you will suffer; this exercise is considered an advanced exercise.

1. Load up a barbell with a low weight.
2. Take a stance about shoulder width apart.
3. Squat down near the bar and using an overhand grip grab the bar just a little out from shoulder width.
4. Now this is where you need to concentrate the most. Lock your core to keep your back as flat as possible. Push up through your lower legs and through your upper legs to raise the bar.
5. As you raise the bar push your hips forward and pause at the top of the movement.
6. Now reverse the motion 100%. Don’t cheat and “cat” arch your back on the way back down! Keep everything the same.
7. Repeat and increase weight as required. Remember never start off at full weight, work your way up and don’t overdo it.

TIP
*Use lifting straps to help with concentration with the lift rather than concentrating on keeping a grip.
*Perform this on sideways in front of a mirror to watch your posture.

*Alternatively you can use a small dumbbell or a medicine ball as the barbell substitute.

Here is an always funny clip of Ronnie Coleman getting pumped for a couple of dead lifts, his technique could be better... but his psych up always gives a laugh!