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Three Clever Deadlift Cues That You’ve Been Missing Out On
This can help things click like never before!
The deadlift is one of the most popular moments for gym-goers across the globe. This is for good reason as it’s an incredibly productive and transformative lower-body strength exercise if you do it right. As a kinesiologist, I believe that every able-bodied human should be doing some form of this great movement. It’s just that valuable for your overall health.
Unfortunately, many novice and intermediate lifters run into issues with this movement due to its technical difficulty and related injury risks. Furthermore, there is an ongoing narrative that those with musculoskeletal complications should avoid it altogether. For the majority of individuals, this couldn’t be further from the truth; rather, you should expose your tissues to this kind of stimulus to encourage rehabilitation and functional strength.
Today I want to convince you that the deadlift is both simpler than you think and that you have everything you need to crush this exercise. In my time as a health professional, I’ve worked with clients with health setbacks from major back injuries, past strokes, multiple sclerosis, and joint-replacement surgery. The one thing they all have in common? They’ve simplified what the deadlift is and managed to find a…
