Barbell Deadlift

Deadlift with Weight

     "The deadlift is perhaps the most useful gym exercise in existence" (Schuler 164). In Lou Schuler's book Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess, Schuler gives many versions to the great deadlift while your on your next gym fix. Deadlifts use the movement of picking up something heavy from the ground and correct the imbalance of the muscles on the back and in the front.
     To start the barbell deadlift load the barbell and set it on the floor and stand with the bar against your shins, toes forward, shoulder-width apart. there are two ways to go by doing a deadlift. the first way is to squat down and grab the bar and stand back up pushing through the middle of your feet using an overhand grip outside your legs (Schuler 165). The second way is to bend at your waist to pick the bar up the same way, although you have to keep your back strait to get the benefits from this deadlift.

Start by lifting the bar. I am improvising showing form and technique since I was unable to get to the gym.

Finish by standing lifting the barbell up against your legs while bringing your hips forward. For safety carefully set the weight back on the floor in front of you.

     Which version do you like best or want to try first?

Schuler, Lou, and Cassandra E. Forsythe. The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift like a Man, Look like a Goddess. New York: Avery, 2007. Print.