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If you are looking for the perfect deadlift program, you won’t find one because there are many, many ways to train your deadlift and get great results! What you can absolutely find are programs built on sound principles of strength and muscle development specific to different stages of your lifting career. That’s the way I …
Although there are many variations of the deadlift, the trap bar deadlift and conventional deadlift are two of the most common. I’ve been successfully using both deadlift variations for the last seven years, both in my training and with hundreds of clients. But before deciding whether you should do one over the other, you should …
The hex bar, also known as the trap bar, is a seriously underrated barbell used for the deadlift exercise. It may seem intimidating and complicated to use, but it is surprisingly more beginner friendly than regular barbell conventional deadlifts. So what is a hex bar, and how do you do a hex bar deadlift? The …
Deadlifting with an anterior pelvic tilt can cause a lot of problems for your lower back and hinder your performance, so it is important to know how to fix it if you’re struggling with this issue. So what is deadlifting with an anterior pelvic tilt, and how do you fix it? Deadlifting with an anterior …
A simple way to add additional volume to your deadlift program is to perform pyramid sets. While you may have heard of these before, it’s not always clear what exactly that means. What exactly is a deadlift pyramid? A deadlift pyramid is an arrangement of consecutive working sets where the weight increases while the reps …
Increasing your deadlift by 100 pounds is possible, but you must fulfill certain conditions to meet that goal. How quickly and efficiently you get there will depend on various variables. So how can you increase deadlift strength by 100 pounds? You need to make sure you have the technique dialed in by choosing the convention …
You may think that training the deadlift harder leads to more gains. And that’s true — your deadlift training needs to progressively overload as you get stronger and more experienced over time. However, you need to make sure that you are not training the deadlift too much when it comes to frequency, volume, and the …
Many lifters and athletes train the deadlift but often do not fully understand what muscles they are training. By knowing what muscles are working, you can identify your weaknesses more easily and understand how to address them more directly. So, do deadlifts work the lats? Yes, the deadlift does work the lats. The lats function …
Found mostly in commercial gyms, hex plates have been the bane of existence for many lifters since they came into existence. If you don’t know what they are, hex plates are weight plates with flat edges. While they are not truly hexagons in the literal sense of the word, they have flat edges that are …
