Deadlift Complete Guide 📖 Want to perfect your deadlift form and lift with confidence? Follow this 5-step checklist for a flawless deadlift 👇 1️⃣ Set up: Stand with your feet hip-width apart, position the bar over your mid-foot, and brace your core. 2️⃣ Engage your lats: Push your arms downward to activate your lats, then grab the bar just outside your knees. 3️⃣ Get tight: Drive your knees against your arms, take a deep breath, brace your core, extend your chest, and squeeze your armpits. 4️⃣

Quick tip: Adding a resistance band to your RDL’s adds an element of horizontal loading, which further allows you to feel your glutes contracting at the top of the movement (as your glutes shorten). The band also offers a useful cue to “push your hips back”, improving your hinging pattern and working your hamstrings and glutes more efficiently. #glutestrengthening #deadlifts #girlswholiftheavy | EPT Lab Personal Training Market Harborough & Kibworth | Facebook

The single leg RDL is a great exercise to work on coordination, strength and stability. It can be performed with a barbell or by holding a weight in one hand like I’m showing here.✅ . One of the most common problems with this movement is when the back leg remains bent, leading to a break in the motion where the back starts to move at the end of the movement like Andrew is demonstrating here. This fault takes the emphasis off the posterior chain (glutes and hamstrings) and shifts the load to the