The Deadlift is with the Squat the most vital workout you can ever do as it works all the muscular tissues with heavy weights. Unluckily, Deadlifts have a repute of being a lower back slayer: lots of chaps experience hurt when Deadlifting, couldn’t add weight, and never reap all of the benefits consequently. However like with all workouts, if you get hurt on Deadlifts it nearly at all times means you’re doing somewhat not right.
Deadlifts are technically a pull exercise, but you should think of it as a push. Here’s why: Deadlifting by pulling back – without engaging your posterior chain (hips/glutes) – stresses your lower back more. It’s also inefficient because you’re using less muscles to lift the weight.
So instead of Deadlifting by extending your legs first and then trying to lockout the weight by pulling it back, focus on extending your hips on the way up.
1. Start the Deadlift by pushing through your heels
2. Push your hips forward once the bar reaches knee level
3. Finish the lift by squeezing your glutes as hard as you can
If the bar rests in your palm when you Deadlift, your skin will fold more once gravity starts pulling the barbell out of your hand, and you’ll get more callus formation as a result. Solution: Deadlift with the bar low in your hands, close to you fingers, like I do in the picture below.
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