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Deadlift
Exercise Details
- Equipment
- Barbell + deadlift/flat shoes
- Sets & Reps
- 3-4 sets × 5-8 reps · rest 2-3 min
- How to do it
- Bar stays against the legs, hips sit back, spine neutral. Drive the floor away as the hips extend, bar travelling up the legs to full hip lockout with shoulders pulled back.
- Common mistakes
- Rounding the back off the floor (lumbar risk), hyperextending at the top, bar drifting away from the legs
Muscles Worked
Other Exercises for the Same Muscle
Barbell Hip Thrust · Barbell Back Squat · Romanian Deadlift · Bulgarian Split Squat · Weighted Step-Up · Cable Glute Kickback
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