How to PROPERLY Deadlift for Growth (5 Easy Steps)

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Deadlifts can be scary, especially if you don't know how to deadlift with proper form. Here's how to deadlift for beginners in 5 easy steps.

Step 1: creating the pillar. Proper deadlift form starts with your feet. Walk up to the bar and align it right over your shoelaces in the middle of your foot. Widen your feet to about hip-width apart with your toes facing forward. Next, your hips and ribs. Deadlifting with the hips and ribs misaligned is the most common reason for back injury. They should remain stacked like a pillar and stay that way as you lift. To do that, let’s start with the hips. Think of your hips as a bowl full of water. Tilt your pelvis back so the bowl is flat. You can think as if you were trying to bring your belt buckle to your chin. As for the ribs, flatten them by engaging your core. At this point your ribs and hips should be stacked evenly on top of each other. But to keep them locked in that position, squeeze your glutes and inner thighs together and feel yourself getting taller as you do so. And finally, make a fist in each hand and push them down towards the ground to straighten your arms and activate your lats.

Step 2: grabbing the bar. When you perform deadlifts, keep the pillar we created in step 1, and start pushing your hips back while keeping your fists pushing straight down under your shoulders. Imagine you had a bag full of groceries in each hand and you’re trying to close the car door with your butt. You want to continue pushing your hips back as far as you can WITHOUT your big toes coming off the ground. Once you reach that end point, bend your knees and bring your shins to the bar to pull yourself down those last few inches. Keep going until you can hook your hands onto the bar just outside your knees.

Step 3: creating the wedge. The wedge is a powerful position that will prevent your lower back from being compromised as soon as you lift the weight on the deadlift. To create it, drive your knees out against your arms. Then, take a deep 360 breath as if you were wearing a belt and trying to push air against all sides of it, and then brace your core as if someone were about to punch your stomach. Next, think about extending your chest and getting tall from your hips all the way to your head. And finally, activate your lats by squeezing your armpits as if you had oranges in them and you were trying to make orange juice.

Step 4: push. This is actually the simplest step, but it’s also where most people screw up their proper deadlift form. They think how to deadlift as a “pull” and end up breaking out of the position we worked so hard to create. To avoid this, a deadlift technique to use is to imagine your arms were ropes with hooks at the end of them just hanging onto the bar. Then, to lift the weight, rather than going from 0 to 100 and jerking the weight off the floor, keep the tightness we created in step 3 and think about pushing the floor away with your feet harder and harder until the bar lifts off the ground. When done correctly, your hips and chest should rise at the same rate. Continue pushing the floor away until the bar passes your knees, and then think about thrusting your hips forward or humping the air in front of you to meet the bar at the top of the lift. To avoid injuring your back at the top, your shoulders should not be behind your heels and your low back should not be arched. To prevent this, as you come to the top imagine you’re about to get punched in the stomach and keep your glutes squeezed together. At the top your hips, ribs, shoulders, and chin should all be stacked like parallel floors of a building.

Step 5: descent. We want to control the weight down, but we need to do this with correct deadlift form. Now this will look very similar to what we did back in step 1, the only difference now is that you have a bar. Many people tend to let the bar sway forward in front of them which causes a lot of stress on the low back. Instead, push your hips back and slide the bar down as close as possible along your thighs. As soon as the bar passes your knee caps, that’s when you can bend your knees and slide the bar along your shins to get the bar back over your mid-foot. But to avoid losing tension and leaving gains at the table, avoid bouncing the weight up off the floor. Instead, stay tight and gently touch the floor with the weight before your next rep. And … congrats my friend! You’ve just learned how to deadlift properly! Not so scary after all, right?

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Hope you enjoyed this one and found it useful! I know how intimidating deadlifts can be especially for beginners. But set your ego aside, take your time to learn the proper form, and you'll master the deadlift in no time. Let me know in the comments below what other exercises you're struggling with and I'll cover that next! 👇

JeremyEthier
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The animations, the explanations, the examples, the content, the humor, he always finds a way to make it even better.

ImadMahdi
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Even though you've done a dozen videos on deadlifts, each one is valuable and serves as a periodic reminder to pay attention to your form. This breakdown is excellent

danielboyd
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notes:
1: untilt hips, flatten ribs, squeeze glutes, push hands
2: push hips back, bend knees, neutral spine
3: drive knees out, deep breath, extend chest, activate lats
4: keep tension, hips and chest rise at same rate, thrust hips, keep glutes and abs squeezed
5: keep bar close, dont bounce

hbloops
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Dude this is easily the greatest deadlift technique video of all time..I've watched it like 5 times in a row just appreciating how the movement is broken down so perfectly to the letter

Thorvali
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For someone with sensory issues, your videos really help! They explain every single motion in a really detailed manner. I love your videos! Thank you and keep 'em coming! 💪🏽

Chattigurl
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This was I’ve been lifting weights on and off for 30+ years and never had this explained so thoroughly and with easy to understand tips. I just deadlifted more than I ever have and didn’t hurt my lower back for the first time. THANK 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

noonecares
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Bro I started watching you like 2 years ago and still use your Push, Pull, Legs split. But it’s crazy to see how far you’ve come with editing. These skeletal animations are next level.

spiraljumper
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Who is watching with a back pain due to bad form 😢

mrvindsavio
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Mother of God! I'm not saying you are wrong about anything in this video AT ALL. But this is absolutely the most complicated explanation of a deadlift I think I've ever seen

dazzthepatriot
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Your videos are honestly the BEST I have seen on Youtube. Thank you for providing amazing free content fir us to learn. Who ever is editing, animating, planning, etc - major props!

joshtblakley
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Congratulations with 5m bro!
You are a great motivator and really deserve it!
Thanks to you I also started filming home workouts with no equipment, hope one day to be able to help people like you helped me 💪

instrong
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You probably heard this a lot but I wanna say it too: The way you add animations to the exercises helps a lot to make us understand what we exactly have to do. Thank you so much for that! Keep up the good work.

TrueCrimeCasesAudio
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As someone’s who’s riddled with anxiety and is terrified to ask people at the gym for tips for advice, this is the most genuinely informative video I’ve found regarding this.

Thank you!!❤

tehyanova
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So many find it so complicated. It’s actually explained very well with visuals ..

He just gave all the points we must
Take note to avoid injury .. what is the complication here? Do with him slowly and you will know how many places you make mistakes and injure yourself.

He is only helping you in the best possible way with the correct graphics rather than just talking … with visuals we can understand well. He has taken the pains to put this together and explain clearly ..

Practice step one when picking up objects till you master well ..
then proceed to step 2 and practice that for few weeks… then go to two 3 and so on ….

shrilakshmi
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Hit the deadlift after almost 1 year in the gym…was always too scared of injuring myself. After watching this video I could actually do it in a much better form (approx 60-70% accuracy). Only getting stronger from here…thanks for the much needed knowledge @jeremy . You earned a subscriber today💯

shivamgaonkar
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This is a great illustration of how to maintain proper form while performing deadlifts. After watching this video I spent an hour on deadlifts and felt no discomfort. I called it at 255 lbs for the day. I feel great! 💪🏾

Deeplyrooted
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Your explanation is on point with the whole animations & postures, really you saved me from lower back pain!! Thankyou for that 💪🏻

jayrohit
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What a great video demonstrating proper form! I especially like how you provided useful examples (closing door w/butt when holding groceries; oranges; hooks). I’m a visual learner, so this was awesome! I’ll keep this in mind - gracias! 🙌🏼 2:28

AsaiaPalacios
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Jeremy, thank you for teaching us proper form. I have low back pain and I really would like to incorporate this exercise into my routine. Truly appreciate it! Love from California 🙏

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