The Official Deadlift Checklist (AVOID MISTAKES!)

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The deadlift is one of the simplest exercises that is also one of the most often misperformed. In this video, I’m going to show you how to deadlift and make sure you get it right every rep by using a simple 7 step checklist. You’ll learn how and where to place your hands, feet and body in relation to the bar as well as how to lift the damn thing off the ground with the heaviest weights you can handle.

Before ever deadlifting at all, it is a good idea to use a little bit of preparation. I show you a body prep and a movement prep to help grease the groove in both. The body prep is one that you can use quickly just to feel more loose prior to executing the deadlift. Place your feet wide against the inside of the plates and work to increase the mobility of your hips by addressing hamstring, pelvic and adductor tightnesses.

The movement itself can be made much easier to visualize how to perform by going through a simple flow prior to lifting. Place your hands on your thighs and let them move down as you do nothing but hip hinge. Once the hands are at the level of the knees, stop hinging and simply let your knees bend to get your hands down to the bar. On the way up, you will be reversing the movement. Push only through your feet until your hands are at the level of your knees, at which point you will drive your hips forward to complete the lift.

Once you feel loose and the movement is grooved, it is time to attack the deadlift with actual weight in your hands. Here you want to first be sure that your body is set up properly as it relates to the bar. Your feet should be hip width apart and the ties of your shoelaces should be visible beyond the bar when you look down at your feet.

The hands should be just outside of your legs, with enough room to make sure that you aren’t scraping your arms against the outside of your legs on the way up and that you aren’t inadvertently bending your elbows when you press your knees outward on the ascent which can jeopardize the health of your biceps.

Your grip can either be a double overhand, mixed grip or hook grip. The double overhand provides the least amount of stability but the most amount of muscle balance because of the uniformity of the hands and arms. The mixed grip can lead to imbalances between the muscles in the shoulder girdle if you don’t make sure to switch up between sets. The hook grip is definitely the most stabile but it is also the most uncomfortable and takes a lot of getting used to if you haven’t tried it before.

The beginning of the lift must be thought of as a leg exercise to protect the integrity of your lower back. Push through your feet while keeping your hips down during the first part of the movement. Do this until the hands are at the level of the knee. At this point, the hips should fire forward as you drag the bar up your shins and now onto your thighs. Keep pulling your arms down to your sides which will help to keep the bar close and will engage the lats to ensure stability of the shoulder girdle throughout the lift.

Reverse the movement back to the ground by first hinging at the hips until the bar is at the level of the knees and then simply bending the knees to get the bar back to the ground. When you want to learn how to do the deadlift it is important to have a few keys that you rely on and cue off of when performing it. I hope that these are very easy to both perform and visualize, making this the most helpful deadlifting tutorial that you have watched.

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The anticipation of you doing an actual deadlift is killing me

kennyneudorf
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Jeff: Tilt your pelvis.
Me: ...
Jeff: Point your junk to the ground.
Me: Oh, gotcha. Gotcha.

peter_parkour
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As a physiotherapist working in the UK and long-term gym goer I can tell you that this is the perfect description of a deadlift in terms anatomy, physiology and biomechanics.
Whoever you are, listen to this guy. He knows his stuff. Every word is pure gold.

paveldimitrov
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It's amazing that you teach very detailed lessons for free. You are the GOAT

renzyy
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you'll never know why this comment has so many likes

ziesam
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That skeleton guy at the back waited a long time for the actual deadlift to RIP Sir.

_M_D_M_
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I occasionally watch this video to make sure my dead lift is right

Edwardo
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This is single best deadlift tutorial in the history of mankind

jaysimmons
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PICKS UP WATER TO DRINK


JEFF : YOU DOING THAT WRONG

kingovo
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Jeff should change his name to jjeff to get rid of the imbalance

derekmanuel
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A person with 0 gym experience and a bit of intelligence will do the perfect dead lift after watching this video. Brilliant, Thank you

kuwabatakesanjuro
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A professional tutor for free. This man is saving millions around the word from back injuries

masih
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I did a deadlift yesterday, the body wasn't that heavy since it's been sitting in the basement so long

LexicalNoScope
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I messed up my lower back several times deadlifting by thinking I was too comfortable for the lift and becoming lazier with it. This tutorial has helped me keep myself in check and avoid hurting my low back again.

maxsheehan
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How is your face so shredded? Can you do a sore face in 6 minutes?

Chickenfarmerjon
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Trained at home for a year due to geographical position, jeff taught me most of what i know, when i walked in a gym with some friends, i told them except some home exercices, i had never set foot in a gym before, everybody was asking me advice after seeing how clean my forms were, redirected my friends to your channel, some of them don't speak english so i translate for them but everybody is very happy and lifting healthier thanks to you Jeff =)

naggash
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0:21 Step 1: The Preparation, groove your body and the movement before you start
2:28 Step 2: The Approach (Feet), How wide and how far under the bar your feet should go
3:56 Step 3: The Approach (Hands), what grip should you use
6:08 Step 4: The Approach (Hands) how wide should you grip
8:32 Step 5: The Bottom Setup, Chest up and out/ Hips down and back, straight arm pushdown
10:01 Step 6: The First Push, think vertical leg press to protect your back
12:07 Step 7: The Final Pull, unleash the posterior chain from the knees up

Hope it help guys, let the gain begins

richsnoff
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Watching because I had tightness in my low back after deadlift. Excellent information, thank you

southpawhammer
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Joe Rogan needs to get Jeff on his podcast.

macabre
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I don't trust anyone else but you about gym info, you literally know everything.

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