Posts Tagged with "Deadlift technique"
Making Difficult Lifts Easier
The word “easier” is subjective in this context. I mean, can we really make a squat or deadlift easy? Maybe a better way to state things is to say “easier to perform so that someone doesn’t shit their spine.” As a strength coach it’s obviously important for me to help get people stronger – especially… Read more
How to Improve Tension In the Deadlift
My former editor at T-Nation, Bryan Krahn, used to cringe sometimes when I sent him an article. It seemed every other article I sent him would hover around the topic of deadlifts. Top Tips to Improve Your Deadlift Deadlifts For Mass Gains Deadlifts For Athletic Gains How Deadlifts Can Spice Up Your Sex Life &… Read more
Cueing Posterior Pelvic Tilt When Squatting and Deadlifting? Have I Gone Mad?
One of the more popular cues trainers and coaches use when teaching the squat and deadlift is to arch the lower back….hard. There’s a legitimate reason why, too. Squatting and deadlifting under load (consistently) into lumbar flexion is a major no-no, and usually results in any number of lower back dysfunctions and injuries. All someone has… Read more
Q&A: Does Age and Heavy Training Take a Toll on the Spine?
As you can imagine I get a lot of emails on a daily basis. I get emails from friends, colleagues, clients, Nigerian Princes wanting to give me all their money, and I also get a fair number of emails from people I don’t know asking me any number of health and fitness questions. Below is… Read more
Exercises You Should Be Doing: Paused Deadlift
I know this is going to come across as weird or unconventional to some of my loyal readers, and if you’re one of them (or if not, welcome! I hope you stay awhile) you may wonder if my website was hacked into today by someone playing a practical joke. I assure you it wasn’t, but… Read more
Jedi Mind Tricks to Make You Instantly Stronger
Today I have a guest post by St. Louis based personal trainer Ian Fagala. Ian actually reached out to me right before I left for vacation about writing a little sumthin sumthin for the website while I was away, but unfortunately I dropped the ball and forgot to put it up. Oopsies. In any case,… Read more
Miscellaneous Miscellany Monday: Oscars!, Deadlifts, and Myths of Stretching
1. Raise your hand if you stayed up last night to watch the entire broadcast of the Oscars. *Sheepishly raises hand* Yes, I stayed up till just past midnight to see 12 Years a Slave win Best Picture and to watch director Steve McQueen and company be handed the statue by Will Smith. I know it’s… Read more
Two Components to Deadlifting Success
– “One thing I could do….was finger roll.” So said George “Iceman” Gervin in the classic mid-90s Nike commercial featuring Tim Hardaway, David Robinson, and pretty much the coolest barbershop known to man. For a little taste of nostalgia you can watch the video HERE. Now, I’m not an ex-NBA legend. I might be able… Read more