deadlifts

Nick Ludlow How to Perform the Snatch Grip Deadlift The deadlift is a quintessential exercise in powerlifting for developing and demonstrating total-body strength and mental fortitude. The snatch is an Olympic lift that develops explosiveness, power, and challenges mobility. The snatch grip...

Jeremy Gray 4 Tips to Building Massive Legs - With Bonus Workout Are you tired of people making fun of your chicken legs? Do you skip leg day because it's too much work? Well say goodbye to those skinny legs, your quads, hamstrings, glutes, and calves are about to get a permanent makeover...

Jeremy Gray Smash a New Deadlift PR With These 4 Exercises Have you been stuck on deadlifts? They can be frustrating to progress after you've been lifting for a while. No matter what your personal record currently is, I know you are gunning for a set number. Maybe it's 225, 315, or 405? When I...

If you are tired of having invisible lat syndrome, it’s time to start kicking your back training up a notch. Building a big back takes time, consistency, progressively overloading, and choosing effective exercises. Machines are great for finishing off a muscle, but if your back workout contains...

When you imagine your ideal physique, what parts of your body do you see? Do you envision a shredded six-pack? Do you want arms that stretch your shirt? Mine is a massive set of traps and shoulders. You see, having a huge set of traps just demands dominance, power, and masculinity. When it...

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW... To build the deadlift, prioritize the squat for 6 weeks while not pulling heavy at all. Powerlifter Dan Green's number one deadlift tip is to regularly perform the stiff-leg deadlift. Mike Tuchscherer recommends building the deadlift by pausing at the bottom of...

Lifting novices often omit the more "complex" exercises that they don't understand how to perform or work their way into. Instead of deadlifting and squatting, they stick to machine and isolation exercises that don't require much coordination. As experienced lifters, we make similar mistakes...

This article is a follow-up to an older article on the site: Should you Deadlift Conventional or Sumo? If you haven’t read it already, you should at least give it a quick skim before reading this article – this article is written with the assumption that readers are already familiar with the...

The landmine Romanian deadlift (RDL) offers a lot. Done right, it can work your hamstrings harder than most other deadlifts and it's kinder to your lower back. Here's how to get the most from them, and how to solve all your landmine grip issues. THE BENEFITS There are a bunch of ways to do...

Enough about the "Big 3" already. As a non-powerlifter and someone who trains non-powerlifters, I get annoyed with the powerlifting mentality that often seeps into the rest of the strength training world that places the bench press, squat, and deadlift on top of the exercise hierarchy as primary...

FOR ABS, SQUATS AND DEADLIFTS SUCK A few studies have taken the position that multi-joint, free-weight exercises such as barbell squats and deadlifts activate "core" muscles better than isolation core exercises. These studies have led many trainers, coaches and exercise enthusiasts to...

A TOOL FOR DEADLIFTS, ROWS, SHRUGS, AND CARRIES EVERY HOME GYM NEEDS ONE If you have a home gym, you probably have a bar, plates, a power rack, an adjustable bench, a pull-up rig, and some dumbbells. What’s missing? A trap bar 470. The trap bar is the best specialty bar. Certain exercises are...

There’s no debate: deadlifts have a seat at the grown-up table. They are one of the best bang for your buck exercises. Compound full body movements that require total body tension and strength form the basis of any high-performance training program. I have a love/hate relationship with...

Arnold Schwarzenegger idolized bodybuilding legend Reg Park. This workout, provided by Kaya Park (Reg Park's grandson) was used by Arnold and yielded great results. WORKOUT SUMMARY Main Goal Build Muscle Workout Type Full Body Training Level Beginner Program Duration12 weeks Days Per Week 3...

by Lauren Bedosky No strength-training program would be complete without deadlifts, which recruit several major muscle groups, including the back, shoulders, arms, abdominals, glutes, and legs. “This makes them extremely time-efficient—and a great exercise to include in your strength-training...

There’s no debate: deadlifts have a seat at the grown-up table. They are one of the best bang for your buck exercises. Compound full body movements that require total body tension and strength form the basis of any high-performance training program. I have a love/hate relationship with...

Deadlifts. They are by far one of the best exercises for producing overall strength. But even more than that, they can even help you improve your physical appearance too. So, before we get into the meat of this article, I want to explain why women in particular should do deadlifts on a regular...

No matter what your gym or athletic goals are, squats and deadlifts oftentimes play a major role in getting stronger, being more powerful, and getting bigger. These core exercises form the basis of almost every lower-body movement. There’s a school of thought that performing hard and heavy...

There’s no debate: deadlifts have a seat at the grown-up table. They are one of the best bang for your buck exercises. Compound full body movements that require total body tension and strength form the basis of any high-performance training program. I have a love/hate relationship with...

You need to feel it. Guys get wrapped up in these half-assed rows and shrugs, and if there is any body part where people use momentum more than muscle power, it's back! Let's first talk about the mistakes that are the most common. Then we will shed some light on good back techniques that are...