Barbell Deadlift
Stand with feet hip-width apart, grip the barbell just outside your legs. Bend your knees and lower your hips, keeping your chest up. Stand by extending hips and knees. Lower with control, keeping the bar close to your body.
HAMSTRINGS · LOWER BODY
How it is executed
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, grip the barbell just outside your legs.
- Bend your knees and lower your hips, keeping your chest up.
- Stand by extending hips and knees.
- Lower with control, keeping the bar close to your body.
- Muscles worked
- Hamstrings
- Primary muscle
- Hamstrings
- Equipment
- Barbell
- Movement pattern
- Lower body
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- StrengthHypertrophy
- Also known as
- Conventional deadliftDeadlift
Routines that program it
Glossary and calculators
Linear progressionLinear progression is the scheme where load rises by a fixed amount every session or every week, with sets and reps held constant.Lactate thresholdThe lactate threshold is the highest intensity at which the body still clears lactate as fast as it produces it.Training volume calculatorHow many weekly sets a muscle gets
