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There\u2019s no way you\u2019ll ever improve your deadlift without proper technique, like any movement out there. Set up with your feet just about shoulder-width apart. The bar should be touching your shin. Hands should be a thumb\u2019s length away from the body on the bar (here is where you can choose a traditional grip similar to a clean or a mixed grip with one over and one under hand) and keep a neutral head looking forward.\nAs you approach the bar, you should be approaching with a strong back with shoulders over the bar. Picture a gorilla\u2019s back. When standing up, engage the lats, and keep the bar on the body as you lift your hips upwards first, and pushing your knees back (do not move the bar around your knees, you should be pushing your knees out of the way). DO NOT push your hips or butt back and perform, what I like to call, a \u201cStripper deadlift\u201d. This should be one, fluid movement. The move is finished with hips fully extended and shoulders back. To lower, perform everything in the opposite fashion OR to really reduce your risk for injury, drop it after standing up fully. Lowering will get you stronger, but dropping reduces your risk for herniating a disk.<\/p>\n
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