Welcome back to our Foundational Movement Series!! So far we’ve covered the Squatting movements as well as the Pushing movements on the blog & our YouTube page. Now we move on to the Pulling movements! Up first is the deadlift!
View our video about the deadlift here:
Key Points:
- Setup – Bar is on the floor. Feet are between hip & shoulder width with shins touching the bar. Hips hinge back and maintain good lumbar curve as you approach the bar. Arms are locked out with hand gripping the bar just outside the knees.
- Execution – Drive through legs and heels as you pull the bar from the ground. Shoulder and hips should rise at the same rate. Keep bar in contact with your legs throughout the lift. Once the bar is passed the knees, hips fully extend and knees lock out.
- Rep completion – Once the bar is at the hang position, hips and shoulders move first to move the bar back to the ground. Once the bar passes the knees, knees bend to return the bar to the ground.
You can view the deadlift with CrossFit trainer & athlete James Hobart here.
Deadlift is super functional and should most definitely be practiced! If you don’t want to get injured picking up a heavy box, a heavy child, or object out in the real world, you need to be deadlifting!
Deadlift is typically you’re heaviest lift!! So what can you pull!?
