Exercise of the Day #5

Conventional Deadlift

With a shoulder width stance approach a bar resting on the ground (with weight of course) have your ankles between 2 and 4 inches from the bar, no further. Keep your feet straight forward not pointed out or in. Bend down and grip the bar with your preferred grip (double overhand, reverse grip, counter grip, hook grip) At this point try to look up high, this will cause your butt to squat down and align your body to deadlift correctly. Now looking up at a steep angle slightly raise your body till your arms are taught between your torso and the bar. At this point squeeze your abs tight and begin to pull upwards with your entire body till you are in a standing position. Once standing look back up at and angle and begin to lower the weight back down to the ground, once the weight rests you are finished.

Things you don't do. NEVER bounce weight off the ground, your lumbar region will thank you. Every rep you do should be resting on the ground, therefore being DEAD weight, which is why its called a DEAD lift.

This lift will build strength in the ENTIRE body, from your feet and ankles up to your traps and shoulders, and everything in between. The cross over to the pitch is both explosive power and pure brute strength. This is the kind of brute strength that makes the opposing team literally afraid of you.

NOTE: If any of you want special training for powerlifting involving deadlift I am a deadlift specialist and currently I can pull and EASY 675 and will soon take an attempt a 700+. So any of you who want to get a big pull come see me.