Deadlift

Set-up

• Stand with your mid-foot under the bar, feet hip-width apart.
• Bend down and grip the bar just outside your legs.
• Bring your shins to the bar, chest up, back flat.

How to do it

1. Brace your core and take the slack out of the bar.
2. Push the floor away and stand up, keeping the bar against your legs.
3. Finish standing tall with hips and knees straight.
4. Lower the bar by pushing your hips back, then bending your knees once it passes them.

Coaching cues

• Keep the bar close to your body the whole way.
• Hips and shoulders rise together.

Common mistakes

• Rounding the back.
• Letting the bar drift away from the legs.
• Leaning back excessively at the top.

Safety

• Reset your position before each rep rather than bouncing the bar.